Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune condition in which the regulation and deposition of collagen is impaired, causing inflammation and fibrosis (thickening and scarring of connective tissue ...

Scleroderma is classified as a rare ... and none of them were definitive about the diagnosis. Sara is finally referred to a rheumatologist at a nearby university medical department who diagnoses ...

The auto-immune condition Scleroderma affects hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children, yet very few people know about the diagnosis. Monika Hilton and Kimberly Gonzalez were diagnosed ...

But her hopes were turned on their head after a devastating diagnosis at the age of 24. She was told she had systemic sclerosis scleroderma and had as little as 15 months to liveCredit ...

Early diagnosis and treatment could slow disease ... early identification of this high-risk group of patients. While scleroderma is rare, affecting around 300,000 people in the United States ...