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ABSTRACT Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) and morphea are rare sclerosing connective tissue disorders, and there remains debate about whether these entities are pathologically distinct or related. This case report describes the successful treatment of an adolescent patient who developed progressive morphea plaques while being treated with systemic ...
Daphne M. Cheung +5 more
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Juvenile localized scleroderma: a large retrospective cohort study from a tertiary care center
Background Juvenile localized scleroderma is a rare pediatric inflammatory disease that primarily affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue but also has the potential to impact deeper tissues and can be associated with extracutaneous manifestations ...
Bugra Han Egeli +8 more
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Endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) in the pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis-associated pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Myth or reality? [PDF]
Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of skin and multiple internal organs and severe functional and structural microvascular alterations.
Jimenez, Sergio A. +1 more
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A Teenage Guitarist's Swollen Fingers
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Maho Matsuo, Hiroaki Iwata
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ABSTRACT A 16‐year‐old girl presenting with calcinosis cutis and localized scleroderma subsequently developed delayed‐onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathy five years after initial skin involvement. Despite the absence of typical dermatomyositis features and negative myositis‐specific antibodies, whole‐body MRI revealed extensive subclinical muscle ...
Edoardo Marrani +5 more
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Background. Currently, scleroderma is a rather rare disease, including among children. Despite the growing interest of investigators in this pathology, the problem of diagnosing oesophageal affection in various forms of systemic sclerosis remains under ...
Marina Ju. Stepanyan +3 more
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[Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) without scleroderma].
There are two approaches toward dealing with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) presenting with no skin involvement. According to one of these the condition is to be treated as atypical systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). With the other approach it does not make much difference whether systemic sclerosis presents with skin involvement or not.
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Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) induces apoptosis in circulating immune cells, but its kinetics vary slightly depending on the cell type. We compared the progression of apoptosis in PBMCs versus highly purified T cells exposed to 8‐methoxypsoralen and ultraviolet A.
Carlos Agustin Villegas‐Valverde +6 more
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Role of protein kinase C-delta in the regulation of collagen gene expression in scleroderma fibroblasts [PDF]
Working with cultured dermal fibroblasts derived from control individuals and patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), we have examined the effects of protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta) on type I collagen biosynthesis and steady-state levels of COL1A1 and
Abrams, William R. +8 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is associated with substantial disability in affected patients. Although exercise interventions for SSc have been developed, most focus on isolated body segments rather than global disability. Thus, this study aims to assess the feasibility of a functional activity‐based exercise programme designed to ...
Gabriela da Silva Santos +7 more
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