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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis in Scleroderma: A Case Report [PDF]
Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis is a multisystem disease due to excessive collagen deposition in different organs and autoimmunity by production of autoantibodies.According to previous reports, brain is rarely affected in scleroderma, howeverrecent ...
Maryam Poursadegh Fard +1 more
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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 +108 more
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Systemic Sclerosis Manifesting Post-Radiotherapy: A Case Report
Morphoea is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and underlying tissues, characterised by fibrosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue without systemic involvement.
Devanshi Nimbark +2 more
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THE SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN SCLERODERMA [PDF]
A survey was made of the systemic involvement in 38 patients with scleroderma: 33 with the acrosclerotic form (Type 1, 18, Type 2, 15) and five with the diffuse form. The study comprised inquiry about symptoms, physical examination, and the laboratory tests, such as radiological examination of chest and hands, barium swallow and meal X-ray examination,
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Scleroderma associated Pulmonary–Renal Syndrome is a rare but severe complication with a poor prognosis and high mortality. A high index of suspicion is needed for early recognition of this potential complication in patients with systemic sclerosis and ...
Hazim Bukamur +5 more
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Systemic Sclerosis — Scleroderma
Systemic sclerosis is a clinically heterogeneous, systemic disorder which affects the connective tissue of the skin, internal organs and the walls of blood vessels. It is characterized by alterations of the microvasculature, disturbances of the immune system and by massive deposition of collagen and other matrix substances in the connective tissue ...
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Scleroderma and scleroderma-like syndromes
Systemic sclerosis is a systemic connective tissue disease whose main pathophysiological mechanism is a progressive fibrosis of internal organs and skin leading to thickening and induration. Blood vessels may also be involved.
Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka +4 more
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Background Segmental arterial mediolysis is a rare nonarteriosclerotic and noninflammatory vascular disease that may cause intraperitoneal bleeding. Scleroderma renal crisis is a rare complication of systemic sclerosis, leading to severe hypertension and
Shohei Kaneko +9 more
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The study covered 30 apparently healthy individuals and 38 patients with systemic scleroderma. The patients gave their consent to participate in the study in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki in the current (2013 ...
O. I. Emelyanova +3 more
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Nailfold capillaroscopy in rheumatic connective tissue diseases
Capillaroscopy is a non-invasive examination used for imaging of capillary vessels of the papillary layer of the finger nailfold. It allows the detection of microcirculation disorders in systemic connective tissue diseases.
Ewa Wielosz, Natalia Siedlecka
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