Subcutaneous calcification presenting in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease and cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Goolamali, S I ^a   Gordon, P ^a   Salisbury, J ^a   Creamer, D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DILTIAZEM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEG; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 66449130631     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03093.x     Document Type: Article

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