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Renal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: An Update

Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2020
Background: Systemic sclerosis is an immune-mediated rheumatic disease characterized by vascular abnormalities, tissue fibrosis and autoimmune phenomena.
Magdalena Chrabaszcz, Jolanta Małyszko, Mariusz Sikora, Rosanna Alda-Malicka, Anna Stochmal, Joanna Matuszkiewicz-Rowinska, Lidia Rudnicka   +6 more
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Localized scleroderma: clinical spectrum and therapeutic update [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
Scleroderma is a rare connective tissue disease that is manifested by cutaneous sclerosis and variable systemic involvement. Two categories of scleroderma are known: systemic sclerosis, characterized by cutaneous sclerosis ...
Mariana Figueiroa Careta, Ricardo Romiti
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A case of scleroderma-like lesions as a cutaneous manifestation of carcinoid syndrome

Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports, 2022
Scleroderma-like lesions are a rare sign of carcinoid syndrome which have been associated with poor prognosis. They differ from systemic sclerosis by involving preferentially the skin in the lower limbs, lacking Raynaud's phenomenon and having no ...
João Boavida Ferreira, Sara Magno, Joaninha Costa Rosa, António Guimarães, Fernanda Sachse, Margarida Brito   +5 more
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Modern Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Systemic Scleroderma [PDF]

, 2023
Systemic scleroderma is a chronic and often progressive autoimmune inflammation of the connective tissue, characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, widespread vascular lesions with unknown etiology, and heterogeneous clinical ...
Botirbekov Abdurashid Nazarkulovich
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Cultural adaptation and validation of the scleroderma health assessment questionnaire into Arabic language

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune multisystem disorder which affects the patients’ physical and psychological functioning. Scleroderma health assessment questionnaire used to measure physical disability in systemic sclerosis patients.
Samah Mahmoud Alian, Enass Abdel-kader Eliwa, Sohair Atia Ahmed, Manar Ibrahim Abd El-Fattah Ibrahim   +3 more
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Preliminary safety and efficacy profile of prucalopride in the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related intestinal involvement: results from the open label cross-over PROGASS study

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2017
Background Prokinetics are used to treat enteric dismotility symptoms in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients, but they often lack adequate efficacy. The most effective prokinetics belonging to the serotonin (5-HT4) receptor agonists class were withdrawn ...
Barbara Vigone, Monica Caronni, Adriana Severino, Chiara Bellocchi, Anna Rita Baldassarri, Mirella Fraquelli, Gaia Montanelli, Alessandro Santaniello, Lorenzo Beretta   +8 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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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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Application and performance of disease activity indices proposed for patients with systemic sclerosis in an international cohort of patients with juvenile systemic sclerosis [PDF]

, 2023
Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: the inception cohort project is supported by an unrestricted grant from the Joachim Herz Stiftung ...
Adrovic, Amra, Santos, Maria Jose, Torok, Kathryn S., Stanevicha, Valda, Kostik, Mikhail, Bica, Blanca, Kallinich, Tilmann, Nielsen, Susan, Sakamoto, Ana Paula, Marrani, Edoardo, Sifuentes-Giraldo, Alberto, Avcin, Tadej, Brunner, Juergen, Kasapcopur, Ozgur, Anton, Jordi, Torok, Kathryn S, Terreri, Maria Teresa, Appenzeller, Simone, Helmus, Nicola, Harel, Liora, Sztajnbok, Flavio, Katsicas, Maria, Eleftheriou, Despina, Nemcova, Dana, Feldmann, Brian, Brunner, Jürgen, Klotsche, Jens, Patwardhan, Anjali, Horneff, Gerd, Minden, Kirsten, Berntson, Lillemor, Battagliotti, Cristina, Foeldvari, Ivan   +32 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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