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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Masquerading as Systemic Sclerosis: Two Cases Demonstrating an Important Clinical Observation

Elizabeth Tkachenko, Joseph C. Pierson and Ruth Ann Vleugels
The Journal of Rheumatology January 2021, 48 (1) 145-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190982
Elizabeth Tkachenko
Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Joseph C. Pierson
Department of Dermatology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont
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Ruth Ann Vleugels
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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