Prevalence and severity of complicated Raynaud’s phenomenon in limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis: a multicenter study in Iraq [PDF]
RheumatologyIntroduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease with multiple internal organ involvement, vasculopathy, and fibrosis.
Farah Jaafar +3 more
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in a patient with diffuse scleroderma
Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2021 Scleroderma is a multiorgan connective tissue disease characterized by autoantibody production and fibroproliferative stenosis of the microvasculature. The development of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis in patients with ...
B N Shiva Prasad, H A Karthik Urala
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Scleroderma Renal Crisis as Initial Presentation of Scleroderma
Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2022 Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is characterized by the development of severe or worsening arterial hypertension associated with the abrupt onset of progressive renal failure in the absence of any other cause.
Sahil Bagai +4 more
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Nodular and diffuse spindle cell infiltration in keloidal scleroderma: a case report
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Keloidal scleroderma is a variant of scleroderma that presents as firm keloidal nodules or plaques. Due to the similarity in morphology and pathology, it is often distinguished from a hypertrophic scar or keloid.
Yiting Li +4 more
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Systemic sclerosis with keloidal nodules [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013 Nodular sclerosis is a rare form of presentation related to both systemic and localized forms of scleroderma. We describe the case of a patient with nodular sclerosis in order to alert the medical community to recognize this entity.
Bárbara Stadler +4 more
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Clinico-morphological characteristics of patients with systemic scleroderma before and after autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells transplantation [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, 2018 The article describes the clinical and morphological dynamics of systemic scleroderma diffuse form on the background of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells transplantation.
Natalya Krivoruchko +5 more
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Evaluation of right ventricular function performed by 3d-echocardiography in scleroderma patients [PDF]
, 2015 The impairment of the right ventricle (RV) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is usually related to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). New echocardiographic techniques, such as 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and 2-dimensional speckle tracking (2DSTE),
Badano, Luigi +8 more
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Definition of Naturally Processed Peptides Reveals Convergent Presentation of Autoantigenic Topoisomerase I Epitopes in Scleroderma. [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveAutoimmune responses to DNA topoisomerase I (topo I) are found in a subset of scleroderma patients who are at high risk for interstitial lung disease (ILD) and mortality.
Boin, Francesco +9 more
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Uncommon skeletal findings in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
South African Journal of Radiology, 2002 Scleroderma or progressive systemic sclerosis is a diffuse disease characterised by excessive deposition of collagen and small-vessel arteritis. Systemic sclerosis is divided into two groups. 1.
Betsie van der Walt +2 more
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Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1981 A case of acute diffuse scleroderma without contemporaneous visceral involvement is described. Antibodies to endothelial cells have been found in the skin.
E, Nunzi, A, Rebora, R H, Cormane
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