The immunopathology of systemic sclerosis [PDF]
This article is a contribution to the Special Issue on Immunopathology of systemic sclerosis – Guest Editors: Jacob M.
van Laar, Jacob M., Varga, John
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The prevalence of median neuropathy at wrist in systemic sclerosis patients at Srinagarind Hospital
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and factor related with median neuropathy at wrist (MNW) in systemic sclerosis patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Thanaporn Nimitbancha+3 more
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Cytotoxic CD4+ T lymphocytes may induce endothelial cell apoptosis in systemic sclerosis.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune fibrotic disease whose pathogenesis is poorly understood and lacks effective therapies. We undertook quantitative analyses of T cell infiltrates in the skin of thirty-five untreated patients with early diffuse ...
T. Maehara+15 more
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Smoking in Systemic Sclerosis: a Longitudinal European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group Study [PDF]
Data on the role of tobacco exposure in systemic sclerosis (SSc) severity and progression are scarce. We aimed to assess the effects of smoking on the evolution of pulmonary and skin manifestations in the EUSTAR ...
Airó, Paolo+25 more
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Systemic Sclerosis and Cancer [PDF]
To review recent advances and current controversies on the association between systemic sclerosis (SSc) and cancer, PUBMED was searched from 1966 to the present using the terms: systemic sclerosis, cancer, morphoea, sclerotic diseases. Malignancies, mainly in lung and breast, coexist with idiopathic SSc or with SSc-like disorders, but not with ...
Laura Belloli+3 more
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Identification of fetal DNA and cells in skin lesions from women with systemic sclerosis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Systemic sclerosis is a disease of unknown origin which often occurs in women after their childbearing years. It has many clinical and histopathological similarities to chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Appleton AL+15 more
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Case report of systemic sclerosis: Uncommon manifestation of nephrotic syndrome post-renal crisis
Kidney involvement in systemic sclerosis occurs in about 20% of cases, with scleroderma renal crisis as a significant complication. However, cases of glomerular disease with massive proteinuria are rare.
Ai Fujii+10 more
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Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. [PDF]
Racial differences exist in the severity of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To enhance our knowledge about SSc in African Americans, we established a comprehensive clinical database from the largest multicenter cohort of African American SSc patients assembled
Boin, Francesco+28 more
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Depression is a common neuropsychiatric condition associated with systemic sclerosis. The association of depression and systemic sclerosis is the result of multiple mechanisms such as autoimmune, significant morbidity due to multi-system involvement ...
Aditya Somani+2 more
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Quantification of mitochondrial DNA damage and copy number in circulating blood of patients with systemic sclerosis by a qPCR-based assay, [PDF]
Background: Although not fully understood, oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of different autoimmune diseases such as systemic sclerosis.
Shafieh Movassaghi+5 more
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