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Juvenile localized scleroderma: clinical and epidemiological features in 750 children. An international study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 May 2006
Zulian F, Athreya B H, Laxer R, Nelson A M, Feitosa de Oliveira S K, Punaro M G, Cuttica R, Higgins G C, Van Suijlekom-Smit L W A, Moore T L, Lindsley C, Garcia-Consuegra J, Esteves Hilário M O, Lepore L, Silva C A, Machado C, Garay S M, Uziel Y, Martini G, Foeldvari I, Peserico A, Woo P, Harper J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Juvenile localized scleroderma (JLS) includes a number of conditions often grouped together. With the long-term goal of developing uniform classification criteria, we studied the epidemiological, clinical and immunological features of children with JLS followed by paediatric rheumatology and dermatology centres. METHODS: A large, multicentre, multinational study was conducted by collecting information...
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