Abstract
Juvenile systemic scleroderma is a rare chronic multi-system connective tissue disease in childhood. Although rare in children, it is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Juvenile systemic scleroderma is one of the most severe rheumatologic conditions diagnosed in children. In this article, we report a six-year-old boy diagnosed with scleroderma.
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Archives of Rheumatology
Volume / Issue
Volume 29 · Issue 3
Pages
219-223
History
Published Online
September 30, 2014
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Aslı ASLAN
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Güldane KOTUROĞLU
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Betül SÖZERİ
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Zafer KURUGÖL
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
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Aslı ASLAN, Güldane KOTUROĞLU, Betül SÖZERİ, & Zafer KURUGÖL. (2014). Systemic Scleroderma in Childhood: A Case Report. Archives of Rheumatology, 29(3), 219–223. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2014.3684
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