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. 2020 May 10;11(3):451-452.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_349_19. eCollection 2020 May-Jun.

Unilateral Limb Atrophy: Is it a Forme Fruste Localized Scleroderma?

Dharmagat Bhattarai  1 , Pandiarajan Vignesh  1 , Sandesh Guleria  1 , Anindita Sinha  2 , Manphool Singhal  2
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Unilateral Limb Atrophy: Is it a Forme Fruste Localized Scleroderma?

Dharmagat Bhattarai et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. .
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Figure 1
Photographs of (a) both forearms and hands (atrophied left forearm); (b) forearms showing marked atrophy and paucity of hairs on the left side; (c) deformed left little finger; (d) radiograph of left hand showing periosteal reaction with trabeculations over the distal end of proximal phalanx
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