Paraspinal and intraspinal calcinosis: Frequent complications in patients with systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1655-1656

  Ogawa, T ^a   Ogura, T ^a   Ogawa, K ^a   Hirata, A ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Izumi, Y ^a   Saito, E ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRASPINAL CALCINOSIS; LETTER; MALE; PARASPINAL CALCINOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349406375     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.104216     Document Type: Letter

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