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Diagnostics, 2023 Systemic sclerosis (also known as scleroderma) is a chronic fibrosing autoimmune disease with both skin and multisystem organ involvement. Scleroderma has the highest mortality among all rheumatic diseases.
Dariana-Elena Pătrîntașu +7 more
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Multiple sclerosis associated with systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology International, 2006 Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been increasingly reported in association with other autoimmune diseases not primary affected the nervous system. The coexistence of MS and systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been rarely described. We report here the case of a 46-year-old female patient with longstanding MS since the age of 26, who developed SSc 12 years later ...
Pelidou, S. H. +5 more
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Clinical Validation of Plasma p‐217tau in Neurological Diseases
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐217tau is a minimally invasive but specific biomarker for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its disease specificity remains to be clinically evaluated. We validated the reliability of the p‐217tau biomarker in 12 other neurological diseases.
Takeshi Kawarabayashi +13 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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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective A leading cause of death among patients with scleroderma (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains challenging to prognosticate. The discovery of biomarkers that accurately determine which patients would benefit from close monitoring and aggressive therapy would be an essential clinical tool.
Cristina M. Padilla +13 more
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Serum Soluble Mediator Signatures of Lupus Nephritis: Histologic Features and Response to Treatment
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Lupus nephritis (LN) management remains challenging, and novel noninvasive biomarkers are needed. This study quantified serum soluble mediators in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) LN cohort to identify biomarkers of histologic features and treatment response.
Andrea Fava +48 more
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Epidemiology of systemic sclerosis and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease
Clinical Epidemiology, 2019 Aurore Bergamasco,1 Nadine Hartmann,2 Laura Wallace,3 Patrice Verpillat41YolaRx Consultants, Paris, France; 2Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany; 3Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CO, USA ...
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Case Reports in Immunology, 2017 Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, is a complex medical disorder characterized by limited or diffuse skin thickening with frequent involvement of internal organs such as lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or kidneys.
Bumsoo Park +4 more
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Genetics of scleroderma: implications for personalized medicine?
BMC Medicine, 2013 Significant advances have been made in understanding the genetic basis of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) in recent years. Can these discoveries lead to individualized monitoring and treatment?
Assassi Shervin +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Ultrasound (US) has been proposed as a potential tool for assessing skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, a large‐scale comparison of US‐based assessment with histologic markers of skin fibrosis has not been reported. We evaluated US‐based skin assessments for their face validity (differentiation between involved SSc and healthy
Ruhani Desai +12 more
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