The following is a description of manifestations of systemic scleroderma (SSc ... [2] Patients with diffuse cutaneous scleroderma with skin thickening on the proximal extremities or the trunk ...

Scleroderma symptoms may be localized, primarily affecting the skin and underlying tissues. It may also be systemic, affecting your skin as well as the blood vessels and tissues of major organ ...

Explore new findings on frailty in systemic sclerosis, revealing its prevalence, dynamic progression, and impact on patient ...

After undergoing tests and seeing specialists, the garden designer was diagnosed with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, a type of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition which causes the skin ...

Sex-related differences in pulmonary complications were found among men vs women with SSc, specifically in the prevalence of ILD and SAD.

Frailty among patients with systemic sclerosis significantly increases the risk for mortality by nearly 10-fold, but shows ...

A 47-year-old female patient that had been diagnosed in 2010 with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (ANA titer 1: 1280, anti-Scl-70+, anti-CCP-Ab+) presented due to immobilizing pain and ...