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Science 12 March 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3975, pp. 1019 - 1021
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3975.1019
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Scleroderma and the Subcutaneous Tissue

Raul Fleischmajer 1, Victor Damiano 1, and Alexander Nedwich 1

1 Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Division of Dermatology, Hahnemann Medical College, and Franklin Institute Research Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

Our study revealed that as observed with both light and electron microscopy the most specific abnormality in sclerodermna skin is the replacement of the subcutaneous tissue by markedly abnormal connective tissue.


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Scleroderma and the Structural Basis of Skin Compliance.
J. E. McNeal (1973)
Arch Dermatol 107, 699-705
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Generalized Morphea: I. Histology of the Dermis and Subcutaneous Tissue.
R. Fleischmajer and A. Nedwich (1972)
Arch Dermatol 106, 509-514
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II. Electron Microscopy of Collagen, Cells, and the Subcutaneous Tissue.
R. Fleischmajer and M. Prunieras (1972)
Arch Dermatol 106, 515-524
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Alteration of Subcutaneous Tissue in Systemic Scleroderma.
R. Fleischmajer, V. Damiano, and A. Nedwich (1972)
Arch Dermatol 105, 59-66
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