Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly.
There is evidence to suggest that the incidence of progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly is more common than in younger age groups. As in younger patients, late onset cases may have minimal skin changes and this can cause difficulty in diagnosis. The case histories of 2 patients are presente...
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1979
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description | There is evidence to suggest that the incidence of progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly is more common than in younger age groups. As in younger patients, late onset cases may have minimal skin changes and this can cause difficulty in diagnosis. The case histories of 2 patients are presented to illustrate these points. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:2ecdc4b8-1628-4238-b722-14b3c33d4a0d2022-03-26T12:51:05ZProgressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:2ecdc4b8-1628-4238-b722-14b3c33d4a0dEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group1979Dalziel, JWilcock, GThere is evidence to suggest that the incidence of progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly is more common than in younger age groups. As in younger patients, late onset cases may have minimal skin changes and this can cause difficulty in diagnosis. The case histories of 2 patients are presented to illustrate these points. |
spellingShingle | Dalziel, J Wilcock, G Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly. |
title | Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly. |
title_full | Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly. |
title_fullStr | Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly. |
title_full_unstemmed | Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly. |
title_short | Progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly. |
title_sort | progressive systemic sclerosis in the elderly |
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