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. 2000 Sep 16;356(9234):1000-1.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02694-5.

Scleromyxoedema-like cutaneous diseases in renal-dialysis patients

S E Cowper, H S Robin, S M Steinberg, L D Su, S Gupta, P E LeBoit

Scleromyxoedema-like cutaneous diseases in renal-dialysis patients

S E Cowper et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

15 renal dialysis patients have been identified with a skin condition characterised by thickening and hardening of the skin of the extremities and an increase in dermal fibroblast-like cells associated with collagen remodelling and mucin deposition. The disease closely resembles scleromyxoedema, yet has significant enough clinical and histopathological differences to warrant its designation as a new clinicopathological entity.

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