Successful treatment of scleromyxedema with oral thalidomide

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 631-632

  Guarenti, Isabelle ^a   Sebastiani, Vanessa ^a   Pinto, Giselle ^a   de Souza, Paulo Ricardo ^a   de Almeida, Hiram ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; THALIDOMIDE;

ACROSCLEROSIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INSOMNIA; LETTER; MALE; MICROSTOMIA; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PAPULE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PRURITUS; SCLEROMYXEDEMA; SCLEROSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SCLEROMYXEDEMA; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 84876448247     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05030.x     Document Type: Letter

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