Rapid Progression of Localized Morphea to Disseminated Plaque-Type Morphea Following COVID-19 Infection

Citation: Rahimi H, Rezaie Shirmard L, Ashayer M, Barin S. Rapid Progression of Localized Morphea to Disseminated Plaque-Type Morphea Following COVID-19 Infection. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2023;13(2):e2023075. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1302a75

Accepted: June 20, 2022; Published: April 2023

Copyright: ©2023 Rahimi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (BY-NC-4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.

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Competing interests: None.

Authorship: All authors have contributed significantly to this publication.

Corresponding author: Mehrdad Ashayer, MD, Dermatologist, Skin Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahrdari St, 1989934148, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-21- 22744394 E-mail: m.ashayer@yahoo.com

Abstract

Keywords : COVID-19, morphea, plaque, autoimmune disorders

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