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 ...

[2] Patients with diffuse cutaneous scleroderma with skin thickening on the proximal extremities or the trunk are in highest danger of developing SRC, at 20% to 25%, and so should be followed ...

Low doses of glucocorticoids added to immunosuppression yield no significant benefit for skin fibrosis in early diffuse ...

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 ...