Raynaud's phenomenon in scleroderma treated with hyperbaric oxygen.

نویسندگان

  • G B Dowling
  • P W Copeman
  • R Ashfield
چکیده

Comment The patient is presented for the following reasons: (1) To emphasize that generalized itching seems to be a common precursor of scleroderma and dermatomyositis. Three of our last 7 patients with scleroderma and 2 of the last 3 with dermatomyositis have had puritus for one to five years before these diagnoses were made. (2) To invite comment about the diagnosis as to whether this is generalized morphoea with Raynaud's phenomenon or systemic sclerosis 30

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine

دوره 60 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1967