Systemic sclerosis with an unusual rapid development of huge calcinosis (tumoral calcinosis)

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 836-838

  Aozasa, Naohiko ^a   Asano, Yoshihide ^a   Ashida, Ryuichi ^a   Tamaki, Zenshiro ^a   Yamamoto, Mizuho ^a   Tomita, Manabu ^a   Kawashima, Tomohiko ^a   Sugaya, Makoto ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DNA ANTIBODY; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; WARFARIN;

ADULT; BLEEDING; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRY EYE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; PHLEGMON; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN REDNESS; SWELLING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961070486     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01078.x     Document Type: Letter

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