A Patient with Localized Scleroderma Successfully Treated with Etretinate
There are several treatment methods for localized scleroderma, but treatment is difficult when the lesion is widely distributed. We encountered a case who was treated successfully with etretinate, a vitamin A derivative.
Tomoko Shima+3 more
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Photodynamic Therapy for Granuloma Annulare: More than a Shot in the Dark [PDF]
Granuloma annulare (GA) is a benign granulomatous and inflammatory skin disorder. The pathogenesis remains enigmatic and convincingly effective treatment options are not available.
Berking, Carola+5 more
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Objectives To assess reliability of the two indexes of Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool (LoSCAT), the modified Localized Scleroderma Skin Severity Index (mLoSSI) and the Localized Scleroderma Skin Damage Index (LoSDI), when applied by ...
Anna Agazzi+4 more
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Differential expression of secreted factors SOSTDC1 and ADAMTS8 cause pro-fibrotic changes in linear morphoea fibroblasts [PDF]
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Badshah, I. I., et al. "Differential expression of secreted factors SOSTDC1 and ADAMTS8 cause pro-fibrotic changes in linear morphoea fibroblasts." British Journal of Dermatology 0(ja)., which ...
Badshah, I. I.+9 more
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Identification of fetal DNA and cells in skin lesions from women with systemic sclerosis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Systemic sclerosis is a disease of unknown origin which often occurs in women after their childbearing years. It has many clinical and histopathological similarities to chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Appleton AL+15 more
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How I explore ... the skin functional involvement in scleroderma [PDF]
peer reviewedScleroderma refers to distinct clinical presentations sharing in common a sclerotic process most often clinically obvious on the skin. The involvement possibly affects the skin alone in morphea or in combination with internal lesions in ...
Andre, B.+6 more
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Parry-Romberg Syndrome Associated with Localized Scleroderma
Parry-Romberg syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder of unknown origin. It is characterized by progressive facial hemiatrophy and frequently overlaps with a condition known as linear scleroderma ‘en coup de sabre’.
Jelena Maletic+4 more
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Abdominopelvic post-irradiation morphea in a prostate cancer patient: the first case of an under recognized condition [PDF]
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Di Meo, N.+4 more
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A case of localized bullous scleroderma
Bullous scleroderma is a rare type of the focal form of the disease mainly affecting the skin and characterized by induration and sclerosis foci as well as subepidermal blisters containing a transparent matter.
A. L. Bakulev+3 more
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SSB-1 of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a nucleolar-specific, silver-binding protein that is associated with the snR10 and snR11 small nuclear RNAs [PDF]
SSB-1, the yeast single-strand RNA-binding protein, is demonstrated to be a yeast nucleolar-specific, silver-binding protein. In double-label immunofluorescence microscopy experiments antibodies to two other nucleolar proteins, RNA Pol I 190-kD and ...
Abelson, John+3 more
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