Primary localized cutaneous nodular amyloidosis and CREST syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Summers, Erika M ^a   Kendrick, Christina G ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLIC AND NUTRITIONAL SKIN DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME CREST;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CREST SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, METABOLIC;

EID: 51049102939     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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