Localized scleroderma: assessment of the therapeutic response to phototherapy Esclerodermia cutânea: avaliação da resposta terapêutica à fototerapia

BACKGROUND: Scleroderma is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive connective tissue sclerosis and microcirculatory changes. Localized scleroderma is considered a limited disease. However, in some cases atrophic and deforming lesions may be observed that hinder the normal developme...

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Main Authors: Roberta Buense, Ida Alzira Gomes Duarte, Marcio Bouer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2012-02-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962012000100007