radiological findings in progressive systemic sclerosis (p.s.s.)
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radiological findings of 20 patients with scleroderma have been described. we had cornmon and uncommon roentgen signs of scleroderma similar to other series and one case with mid esophagus narrowing which we think have not been reported previously.
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Progressive systemic sclerosis Findings LESIONS OF THE EYELIDS
The ocular manifestations of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) have been described by Manschot (i 965), Nelken and Michaelson (196 I), Pollack and Becker (1962), and Stucchi and Geiser (I967). These reports were mainly limited to isolated cases, although Stucchi and Geiser (i967) studied a series of fourteen patients-thirteen with generalized scleroderma and one in whom the scleroderma was c...
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acta medica iranicaجلد ۲۲، شماره ۲، صفحات ۱۱۵-۱۴۰
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