Eosinophilic fasciitis: Report of two cases and a systematic review of the literature dealing with clinical variables that predict outcome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1445-1451

  Endo, Yukie ^a   Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Matsushima, Youichiro ^a   Iwasaki, Tomoko ^a   Hasegawa, Michiko ^a   Nagai, Yayoi ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Eosinophilic fasciitis; Morphea

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; LIMB SWELLING; MEDLINE; MORPHEA; ONSET AGE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FIBROSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; STEROIDS;

EID: 34547600890     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0525-6     Document Type: Article

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