Scleromyxoedema with associated peripheral neuropathy: Successful treatment with thalidomide

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 606-610

  Peter, L M ^b   Ammoury, A ^b   Chiavassa Gandois, H ^b   Lamant, L ^b   Paul, C F ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SCLEROMYXEDEMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCLEROMYXEDEMA; THALIDOMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649120674     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02744.x     Document Type: Article

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