Serum autoantibodies and their clinical associations in patients with childhood- and adult-onset linear scleroderma. A single-center study.

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Published in J Rheumatol on November 01, 2008

Authors

Thaschawee Arkachaisri1, Noreen Fertig, Sally Pino, Thomas A Medsger

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. arkatx@chp.edu

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