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Case Reports

Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis with gangrene: an autopsy case

Mutsumi OzasaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Keita FujikawaDepartment of Rheumatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Soichiro OzasaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Ryuki SakaguchiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Kentaro FurukawaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Nozomi UekiDepartment of Tumor and Diagnostic Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Tomohisa UchidaDepartment of Rheumatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Masahiro NakashimaDepartment of Tumor and Diagnostic Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Akinari MizokamiDepartment of Rheumatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Pages 243-247 | Received 26 Sep 2019, Accepted 13 Nov 2019, Published online: 20 Dec 2019

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