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A Case Report of Systemic Sclerosis Complicated by Biventricular Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension and Review of Literature [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder whose aetiology is not fully understood. Skin fibrosis and visceral organs involvement are the hallmarks, and the heart could be disproportionately or subtly involved ...
Akinboro AO, Akinlade M, Akintunde AA, Audu MB   +3 more
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Pain in systemic connective tissue diseases [PDF]

, 2015
Pain is frequent in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs), particularly those affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in which it is virtually ubiquitous and can have different causes.
Atzeni, Fabiola, Bazzichi, Laura, Casale, Roberto, DI FRANCO, Manuela, Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo   +4 more
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Functional evaluation of patients with progressive systemic sclerosis-associated diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2019
Background Interstitial lung diseases are common features in scleroderma that seem to add to the morbidity and mortality of the disease. Other complications that may occur with scleroderma are pulmonary hypertension. Aim to evaluate the functional status
Ahmed A.A Hussieny, Yosri M.K Akl, Reem I Elkorashy, Amira I Mostafa, Doaa H Attia, Mohamed Faheem, Fatma E.-Z Ahmed   +6 more
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Experience of successful autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with an unfavorable prognosis of systemic scleroderma

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2022
One of the methods of treating severe forms of systemic scleroderma is hematopoietic stem-cell autotransplantation (auto-HSCT). The article describes two clinical cases of auto-HSCT followed by rituximab (RTM) therapy in patients with diffuse systemic ...
V. I. Mazurov, A. L. Maslyanskiy, K. E. Zotkina, S. S. Benevolenskaya, D. V. Motorin, A. Yu. Zaritskiy, E. A. Vasilenko, A. A. Vasilenko, A. M. Titova   +8 more
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Systemic sclerosis: current views of its pathogenesis. [PDF]

, 2003
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology characterized by severe and often progressive cutaneous and visceral fibrosis, pronounced alterations in the microvasculature, and numerous cellular and humoral immune abnormalities ...
Derk, Chris T., Jimenez, Sergio A.
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Clinical Presentation and Long-Term Outcomes of Systemic Sclerosis Portuguese Patients from a Single Centre Cohort: A EUSTAR Registration Initiative

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introduction: Systemic sclerosis is a complex disorder that requires systematic screening. Our objective is to report the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group centre affiliation and its impact in our clinical practice. Material and Methods: The
Carolina Vidal, Carina Ruano, Vera Bernardino, Pedro Lavado Carreira, Ana Lladó, Maria Céu Santos, Heidi Gruner, António Panarra, Nuno Riso, Maria Francisca Moraes-Fontes   +9 more
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Refractory scleroderma renal crisis precipitated after high-dose oral corticosteroids and concurrent intravitreal injection of bevacizumab

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020
Scleroderma renal crisis is a serious complication that can develop in certain patients with systemic sclerosis. Some risks have been identified as potential triggers of scleroderma renal crisis, including the high-dose oral corticosteroids.
Ramy M Hanna, Lama Abdelnour, Jonathan E Zuckerman, Antoney J Ferrey, Alex Pai, Kambiz Vahabzadeh, James Wilson, Everado A Torres, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Ira B Kurtz   +9 more
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Improvement of mouth functional disability in systemic sclerosis patients over one year in a trial of fat transplantation versus adipose-derived stromal cells [PDF]

, 2016
Background. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem disease characterized by cutaneous and visceral fibrosis. Face and mouth changes include telangiectasia, sicca syndrome, and thinning and reduction of mouth width (microcheilia) and opening ...
CARELLA, SARA, FINO, PASQUALE, FIORAMONTI, Paolo, MARCHESE, Cinzia, ONESTI, Maria Giuseppina, SCUDERI, Nicolo'   +5 more
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Avocado–Soybean Unsaponifiables: A Panoply of Potentialities to Be Exploited

Biomolecules, 2020
Avocado and soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) constitute vegetable extracts made from fruits and seeds of avocado and soybean oil. Characterized by its potent anti-inflammatory effects, this ASU mixture is recommended to act as an adjuvant treatment for ...
Bahare Salehi, Antonio Rescigno, Tinuccia Dettori, Daniela Calina, Anca Oana Docea, Laxman Singh, Fatma Cebeci, Beraat Özçelik, Mohammed Bhia, Amirreza Dowlati Beirami, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Farukh Sharopov, William C. Cho, Natália Martins   +13 more
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Patterns of patient-reported symptoms and association with sociodemographic and systemic sclerosis disease characteristics: a scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort cross-sectional studyResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Systemic sclerosis is a heterogenous disease in which little is known about patterns of patient-reported symptom clusters. We aimed to identify classes of individuals with similar anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and
Robyn K. Wojeck, Mitchell R. Knisely, Donald E. Bailey, Tamara J. Somers, Linda Kwakkenbos, Marie-Eve Carrier, Warren R. Nielson, Susan J. Bartlett, Vanessa L. Malcarne, Marie Hudson, Brooke Levis, Andrea Benedetti, Luc Mouthon, Brett D. Thombs, Susan G. Silva, Claire E. Adams, Richard S. Henry, Catherine Fortuné, Karen Gottesman, Geneviève Guillot, Laura K. Hummers, Amanda Lawrie-Jones, Maureen D. Mayes, Michelle Richard, Maureen Sauvé, Shervin Assassi, Ghassan El-Baalbaki, Kim Fligelstone, Tracy Frech, Amy Gietzen, Daphna Harel, Monique Hinchcliff, Sindhu R. Johnson, Maggie Larche, Catarina Leite, Christelle Nguyen, Karen Nielsen, Janet Pope, François Rannou, Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez-Reyna, Anne A. Schouffoer, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Christian Agard, Nassim Ait Abdallah, Marc André, Elana J. Bernstein, Sabine Berthier, Lyne Bissonnette, Alessandra Bruns, Patricia Carreira, Marion Casadevall, Benjamin Chaigne, Lorinda Chung, Benjamin Crichi, Christopher Denton, Robyn Domsic, James V. Dunne, Bertrand Dunogue, Regina Fare, Dominique Farge-Bancel, Paul R. Fortin, Jessica Gordon, Brigitte Granel-Rey, Aurélien Guffroy, Genevieve Gyger, Eric Hachulla, Sabrina Hoa, Alena Ikic, Suzanne Kafaja, Nader Khalidi, Kimberly Lakin, Marc Lambert, David Launay, Yvonne C. Lee, Hélène Maillard, Nancy Maltez, Joanne Manning, Isabelle Marie, Maria Martin Lopez, Thierry Martin, Ariel Masetto, François Maurier, Arsene Mekinian, Sheila Melchor Díaz, Mandana Nikpour, Louis Olagne, Vincent Poindron, Susanna Proudman, Alexis Régent, Sébastien Rivière, David Robinson, Esther Rodríguez Almazar, Sophie Roux, Perrine Smets, Vincent Sobanski, Robert Spiera, Virginia Steen, Evelyn Sutton, Carter Thorne, John Varga, Pearce Wilcox, Mara Cañedo Ayala, Vanessa Cook, Sophie Hu, Bianca Matthews, Elsa-Lynn Nassar, Marieke Alexandra Neyer, Julia Nordlund, Sabrina Provencher   +108 more
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