Involvement of skeletal muscle in dialysis-associated systemic fibrosis (nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy)

Dialysis-associated systemic fibrosis (n

Dialysis-associated systemic fibrosis (nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy): Study of inflammatory cells and transforming growth factor β1 expression in affected skin

✍ Sergio A. Jiménez; Carol M. Artlett; Nora Sandorfi; Chris Derk; Kevin Latinis; H 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 441 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Objective Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) is a newly recognized cutaneous fibrotic disorder occurring in individuals with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical and histopathologic features of 9 new cases and to characterize