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Dad given two years to live after cold fingers turn out to be deadly rare condition
After undergoing tests and seeing specialists, the garden designer was diagnosed with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, a type of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition which causes the skin ...
Medscape20d
Kidney disease other than renal crisis in patients with diffuse scleroderma.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency and severity of kidney abnormalities in patients with diffuse scleroderma. METHODS: All patients with diffuse scleroderma seen at the University of Pittsburgh ...
Medscape3d
MEDLINE Abstracts: Scleroderma -- Pathogenesis and Treatment
Methods: Thirty patients affected by scleroderma (five men and 25 women, mean age 49.3 years, mean disease duration 8 years, 19 with limited and 11 with diffuse disease patterns) were treated for ...
North East dad of three has rare disease scleroderma
A North East father-of-three has revealed how he takes 250 tablets a week and relies on oxygen tanks to battle a rare disease. Scott Nell, 48, from Hetton-le-Hole, says that his lungs are so weak that ...
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Rapidly progressive fatal interstitial lung disease in a patient with systemic sclerosis
Diagnosis. Interstitial lung disease associated with diffuse systemic sclerosis. Management. Treatment with oxygen, oral and intravenous corticosteroids, mycophenolate mofetil and intravenous ...