Clinically normal skin becomes sclerodermatous when transplanted into a sclerodermatous area

A. L. Herrick; R. Marcuson; A. J. Freemont; M. I V Jayson

Clinically normal skin becomes sclerodermatous when transplanted into a sclerodermatous area

A. L. Herrick, R. Marcuson, A. J. Freemont, M. I V Jayson

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Abstract

A 56-year-old female with systemic sclerosis developed sclerodermatous change in clinically normal forearm skin 10 months after this was transplanted to the tip of her right index finger. This observation implicates local factors in the pathogenesis of the disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	707-709
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Journal of Rheumatology
Volume	31
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - 1992

Keywords

Pathogenesis
Scleroderma
Skin transplant

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Clinically normal skin becomes sclerodermatous when transplanted into a sclerodermatous area

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