Juvenile localized scleroderma: review of 44 patients
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Juvenile localized scleroderma: review of 44 patients
Results 70.5% of patients were females. CM (34.1%) and LM (34.1%) were the most frequently subtypes. Mean age at first symptoms was 7.7 years (Figure 1). Medium time between first signs/symptoms and diagnosis was 15.42 months. One patient with CM head-neck lesions had Parry-Romberg disease with neurological involvement. 50% of patients with head-neck LM had “coup de sabre” subtype, 25% of that ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-9-s1-p75