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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 195-196 |
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Digital gangrene associated with anticentromere antibodies
Mary Grace, Varada, ES Dhanesh
Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Mary Grace
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.127686
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Anticentromere antibodies have been associated with peripheral vascular occlusive disease, but then it is mostly accompanied by sclerodactyly in the context of a connective tissue disorder. We report a case of digital gangrene in a 75 year old lady with no other associations except positive anticentromere antibodies. |
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