Undifferentiated connective tissue disease: a tale of one thousand and one plights
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[Calcic tenosynovitis in a patient with undifferentiated connective tissue disease].
1699-258X/$ see front matter © 2010 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved. We present the case of a 50 year old woman who was diagnosed with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD), based on severe Raynaud’s phenomenon with ischemic ulcers, extensive calcinosis, sclerodactilia, polyarthritis, glomerulonephritis, polyserositis, chronic hypertransaminasemia and had undergone the bil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780230923