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Systemic Sclerosis Manifesting Post-Radiotherapy: A Case Report

European Medical Journal Dermatology, 2023
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, Hita H. Mehta, Manal D. Dave   +2 more
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THE SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN SCLERODERMA [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 1977
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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Atypical rapid onset Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC) complicated with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and pleuro-pericardial effusions in a patient with recently diagnosed breast cancer and a positive anti-RNA polymerase III Ab.: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
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, Obadah Aqtash, Ibrahim Shahoub, Emhemmid Karem, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Fuad Zeid   +5 more
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Scleroderma renal crisis with coexisting segmental arterial mediolysis presenting as intraperitoneal bleeding: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
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, Eri Watanabe, Mai Abe, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroki Yabe, Shigehiro Kojima, Kenji Takagi, Keiji Hirai, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Chihiro Terai   +9 more
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Systemic Sclerosis — Scleroderma

Dermatology Online Journal, 2000
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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Iloprost suppresses connective tissue growth factor production in fibroblasts and in the skin of scleroderma patients

, 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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Scleroderma and scleroderma-like syndromes

Frontiers in Immunology
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, Martyna Dziewit, Aleksandra Lesiak, Adam Reich, Marzena Olesińska   +4 more
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Сatalase antibodies in patients with systemic scleroderma as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of the disease

Медицинская иммунология, 2021
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, I. P. Gontar, O. A. Rusanova, I. A. Zborovskaya   +3 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
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A Role of Myocardin Related Transcription Factor-A (MRTF-A) in Scleroderma Related Fibrosis.

, 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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