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Localized scleroderma – current treatment options

Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2017
Localized scleroderma (morphea) is a connective tissue disease that affects the skin, subcutaneous tissue and underlying tissues including the fasciae, muscles and bones. The treatment of localized scleroderma depends on the clinical form of the disease,
Katarzyna Wolska-Gawron, Małgorzata Michalska-Jakubus, Dorota Krasowska   +2 more
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Assessing the response of morphea and limited scleroderma to tranilast: a small prospective study comparing topical corticosteroids to a combination of topical corticosteroids and tranilast

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2018
Rowland Noakes Queensland Institute of Dermatology, Greenslopes Private Hospital Campus, Greenslopes, QLD, Australia Background: Scleroderma is traditionally managed with immunomodulatory agents such as methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil and ...
Noakes R
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Phenomenon of isomorphic provoking responses in cases of limited scleroderma [PDF]

Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2015
The article presents the historical origin of the term "Koebner phenomenon". The literature data reflect the etiology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of isomorphic mechanisms provoking responses in lichen planus, psoriasis, scleroder-ma, syphilis ...
Talnikova Е.Е., Sherstneva V.N., Utz S.R.   +2 more
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Collections in Institutional Herbaria listed as Rhizopogon, but not belonging to this genus [PDF]

, 1997
Fifty-five collections misidentified and stored in various institutional herbaria, under severa1 Rhizopogon species narnes, are revised. Among these, twelve belong to Ascomycotina and 9 were identified to species level; the other collections, immature ...
Martín Esteban, María Paz
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Hand disease in scleroderma: a clinical correlate for chronic hand transplant rejection [PDF]

, 2013
Chronic rejection remains a potential long-term consequence of hand composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA). Scleroderma has already been proposed as a model for chronic facial allograft rejection based on potential parallels of observed progression ...
Puri, A, Butler, PE, Clarke, A, Amin, K; id_orcid, Amin, K, Sivakumar, B, Denton, C   +6 more
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Iloprost suppresses connective tissue growth factor production in fibroblasts and in the skin of scleroderma patients [PDF]

, 2001
Patients with scleroderma receiving Iloprost as a treatment for severe Raynaud's phenomenon report a reduction in skin tightness, suggesting that this drug inhibits skin fibrosis.
Stratton, R, Thomas Haberberger, Carol M. Black, Haberberger, T, Xu Shiwen, Martini, G, Holmes, A, Alan Holmes, Andrew Leask, Shiwen, X, David Abraham, Black, CM, Leask, A, Martin, GR, Abraham, D, George R. Martin, Richard Stratton, Giorgia Martini   +17 more
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Evaluation of the optic nerve head vessel density in patients with limited scleroderma

Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, 2021
Objectives: To investigate the optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) parameters of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina and to assess macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness by using spectral-domain optical
Hilal Kılınç Hekimsoy, Mehmet Ali Şekeroğlu, Ali Mert Koçer, Vedat Hekimsoy, Ali Akdoğan   +4 more
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A Role of Myocardin Related Transcription Factor-A (MRTF-A) in Scleroderma Related Fibrosis. [PDF]

, 2015
In scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc), persistent activation of myofibroblast leads to severe skin and organ fibrosis resistant to therapy. Increased mechanical stiffness in the involved fibrotic tissues is a hallmark clinical feature and a cause of ...
Ayuko Takahashi (789901), Barbara D. Smith (2212672), Takahashi, A, Christopher Denton, Layne, MD, Bahja Ahmed-Abdi, Ayuko Takahashi, Suki, B, Nikitorowicz-Buniak, J, Bela Suki (2212681), Bahja Ahmed-Abdi (2212675), Matthew D. Layne (364786), Markella Ponticos, Ahmed-Abdi, B, Robert Lafyatis, Markella Ponticos (2212669), Xu Shiwen (2212678), Stratton, R, Bela Suki, Barbara D Smith, Richard Stratton (776213), Joanna Nikitorowicz-Buniak (776212), Smith, BD, Christopher Denton (276245), Xu Shiwen, Lafyatis, R, David Abraham (36404), Shiwen, X, David Abraham, Abraham, D, Matthew D Layne, Ponticos, M, Denton, C, Joanna Nikitorowicz-Buniak, Robert Lafyatis (38139), Richard Stratton   +35 more
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Renal perfusion in scleroderma patients assessed by microbubble-based contrast-enhanced ultrasound [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Renal damage is common in scleroderma. It can occur acutely or chronically. Renal reserve might already be impaired before it can be detected by laboratory findings.
Himsel, Andrea, Kleinert, Stefan, Roll, Petra, Baumgärtner, Christian, Burkhardt, Harald, Tony, Hans-Peter, Janett, Manfred, Müller, Adelheid, Baumgaertner, Christian, Jenett, Manfred, Fleck, Martin, Feuchtenberger, Martin, Mueller, Adelheid   +12 more
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Erectile dysfunction is frequent in systemic sclerosis and associated with severe disease: a study of the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group [PDF]

, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common in men with systemic sclerosis (SSc) but the demographics, risk factors and treatment coverage for ED are not well known.
Smith, Vanessa, Alan Tyndall, Garcia de la Peña Lefebvre, Paloma, Edoardo Rosato, Vanessa Smith, Jean Sibilia, Ingo Tarner, Gabriela Riemekasten, Ulrich A. Walker, Walid Abdel Atty Mohamed, Himsel, Andrea, Piotr Wiland, Rednic, Simona, Morović-Vergles, Jadranka, Andrea Himsel, Jose Pereira Da Silva, Allanore, Yannick, Jadranka Morovic Vergles, Anna T. Onken, Starovojtova M. Nikolaevna, Walker, Ulrich A., Farge-Bancel, Dominique, Dominique Farge Bancel, Tarner, Ingo, Mohamed, Walid Ahmed Abdel Atty, Paloma De La Pena Lefebvre, Paolo Airo, Riemekasten, Gabriela, Walker, Ulrich A, Onken, Anna Theresa, Tyndall, Alan, de la Peña Lefebvre, Paloma G., Chingching Foocharoen, Onken, Anna T, Stamenkovic, Bojana, Caramaschi, Paola, Rosato, Edoardo, Airó, Paolo, Dominique Farge-Bancel, Simona Rednic, Wiland, Piotr, Pereira da Silva, José António, Sibilia, Jean, Nikolaevna, Starovojtova M, Paola Caramaschi, Nikolaevna, Starovojtova M., Bojana Stamenkovic, Foocharoen, Chingching, Hachulla, Eric, Thomas Hugle, Distler, Oliver, Ulrich A Walker, Yannick Allanore, Stamenkovic, Bojan, Abdel Atty Mohamed, Walid A., Hügle, Thomas, Jadranka Morović-Vergles, et al, Pereira da Silva, José A., Starovojtova M Nikolaevna, Eric Hachulla, Anna T Onken, Oliver Distler   +62 more
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