Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 604890, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/604890
Case Report

Autoimmune Thyroiditis Presenting as Palmoplantar Keratoderma

1Dermatology Department, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, 1150-314 Lisboa, Portugal
2Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, 1150-314 Lisboa, Portugal

Received 18 January 2010; Accepted 6 February 2010

Academic Editor: Jeffrey M. Weinberg

Copyright © 2010 Sara Lestre et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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