Development of systemic sclerosis in patients with Behçet's disease: Remission of Behçet's disease in parallel with the progression of skin sclerosis
Yohei Ichimura
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshihide Asano
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence: Yoshihide Asano, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorTakehiro Takahashi
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTetsuo Toyama
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakashi Taniguchi
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorZenshiro Tamaki
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSayako Isomura
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTomomitsu Miyagaki
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinichi Sato
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYohei Ichimura
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshihide Asano
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence: Yoshihide Asano, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorTakehiro Takahashi
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTetsuo Toyama
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakashi Taniguchi
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorZenshiro Tamaki
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSayako Isomura
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTomomitsu Miyagaki
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Mitsui
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinichi Sato
Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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