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Gender differences in organ involvement and survival in systemic sclerosis – experience of a EUSTAR center [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2021
Introduction. The low overall prevalence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and the low proportion of male patients have resulted in a scarcity of studies assessing sex differences in SSc patients, and contradictory results have often been observed.
Laura Groseanu, Andreea Petre, Andra Balanescu, Violeta Bojinca, Daniela Opris-Belinski, Florian Berghea, Ioana Saulescu, Diana Mazilu, Sanziana Daia Iliescu, Andreea Borangiu, Cosmin Constantinescu, Claudia Cobilinschi, Maria Magdalena Negru, Mihai Abobului, Ruxandra Ionescu   +14 more
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Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. [PDF]

, 2017
Racial differences exist in the severity of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To enhance our knowledge about SSc in African Americans, we established a comprehensive clinical database from the largest multicenter cohort of African American SSc patients assembled
Boin, Francesco, Carns, Mary, Chung, Lorinda, Criswell, Lindsey A, Derk, Chris T, Domsic, Robyn T, Gladue, Heather, Goldberg, Avram, Gordon, Jessica K, Gourh, Pravitt, Hsu, Vivien, Jan, Reem, Kastner, Daniel L, Khanna, Dinesh, Mayes, Maureen D, Medsger, Thomas A, Morgan, Nadia D, Ramos, Paula S, Remmers, Elaine F, Saketkoo, Lesley A, Schiopu, Elena, Shah, Ami A, Shanmugam, Victoria K, Silver, Richard M, Steen, Virginia D, Trojanowski, Marcin A, Valenzuela, Antonia, Varga, John, Wigley, Fredrick M   +28 more
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Serum uric acid as a marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Microvascular damage of skin and internal organs is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum uric acid (UA) represents a marker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Amoroso, Antonio, Barbano, Biagio, Barilaro, Giuseppe, Cianci, Rosario, Di Mario, Francesca, Gasperini, Maria Ludovica, Gigante, Antonietta, Quarta, Silvia, Romaniello, Antonella, Rosato, Edoardo   +9 more
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Scleroderma with crescentic glomerulonephritis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008
Introduction Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by organ-based fibrosis. Renal involvement in scleroderma occurs mainly in the form of scleroderma renal crisis, affecting 5 to 10% of patients.
Ramaswami Arunachalam, Kandaswamy Thiraviam, Rajendran Tholappan, Jeyakrishnan Kizhake, Aung Hla, Iqbal Mohammaed, Jacob Chakko K, Zinna Haji, Kafeel Gazala   +8 more
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Left ventricular mass and intrarenal arterial stiffness as early diagnostic markers in cardiorenal syndrome type 5 due to systemic sclerosis [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Cardiorenal syndrome type 5 (CRS-5) includes a group of conditions characterized by a simultaneous involvement of the heart and kidney in the course of a systemic disease.
AMOROSO, Antonio, Barbano, Biagio, Barilaro, Giuseppe, CIANCI, ROSARIO, Di Lazzaro Giraldi, Gianluca, Di Mario, Francesca, Gasperini, Maria Ludovica, GIGANTE, ANTONIETTA, LAVIANO, Alessandro, Quarta, Silvia, Romaniello, Antonella, ROSATO, Edoardo   +11 more
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Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in renal scleroderma-associated vasculopathy [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The angiogenesis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is impaired. An imbalance of pro-angiogenic factors and angiogenesis inhibitors has been implicated in the progression of peripheral microvascular damage, defective vascular repair and fibrosis ...
Afeltra, Antonella M. Vittoria, Amoroso, Antonio, Barbano, Biagio, Cianci, Rosario, Gigante, Antonietta, Margiotta, Domenico, Navarini, Luca, Rosato, Edoardo   +7 more
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Hyponatremia in a patient with scleroderma renal crisis: a potential role of activated renin-angiotensin system

BMC Nephrology, 2012
Background Scleroderma renal crisis is an important complication of scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Fukasawa Hirotaka, Furuya Ryuichi, Ishigaki Sayaka, Kinoshita Naoko, Isobe Shinsuke, Fujigaki Yoshihide   +5 more
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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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Oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of systemic scleroderma: An overview [PDF]

, 2018
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare disorder of the connective tissue characterized by fibrosis of the skin, skeletal muscles and visceral organs. Additional manifestations include activation of the immune system and vascular injury. SSc causes disability
Gambardella, Lucrezia, Giovannetti, Antonello, Malorni, Walter, Pietraforte, Donatella, Straface, Elisabetta, Vona, Rosa   +5 more
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Cerebral infarction caused by systemic sclerosis: a case report

Journal of International Medical Research, 2021
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by vascular lesions caused by collagen deposition in the skin and viscera and damage to the endothelium.
Qingqing Wang, Mengen Zhang, Mingfeng Zhai, Zongyou Li   +3 more
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