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. 2016 Jul-Sep;19(3):424-6.
doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.179977.

Simultaneous occurrence of scleroderma, neuromyotonia, and inflammatory myopathy: Evidence of common immunological etiology

Deepa Dash  1 , Mukesh Kumar  1 , Vaishali Suri  2 , Madakasira Vasantha Padma  1 , Manjari Tripathi  1
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Simultaneous occurrence of scleroderma, neuromyotonia, and inflammatory myopathy: Evidence of common immunological etiology

Deepa Dash et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2016 Jul-Sep.
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Figure 1
Photograph of the hyperpigmented band of sclerotic skin over the dorsal aspect of left arm and forearm
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Figure 2
Photomicrograph of muscle biopsy demonstrating perimyseal perivascular chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate, H & E ×100
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