Calcinosis cutis in porphyria cutanea tarda - Not always a marker of disease activity

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-281

  Nogueira, Ana ^a   Moreira, Elisabete ^a   Santos, Paulo ^a   Azevedo, Filomena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PROGNOSIS; SCALP; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 66449128521     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2009.0651     Document Type: Letter

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