Coexistence of lichen sclerosus and morphea: A retrospective analysis of 472 patients with localized scleroderma from a German tertiary referral center

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1157-1162

  Kreuter, Alexander ^a   Wischnewski, Jana ^a   Terras, Sarah ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a   Gambichler, Thilo ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

lichen sclerosus; localized scleroderma; morphea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GERMANY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869136524     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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