Successful therapeutic approach in a patient with elephantiasic pretibial myxedema,
Abstract Localized pretibial myxedema is a dermopathy whose treatment is a challenge in dermatology, occurring in 0.5-4% of patients with Graves’ disease. This autoimmune thyroid condition stimulates the production of hyaluronic acid and glycosaminoglycans that are deposited particularly in the pret...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962020000400008&tlng=en |