Limited scleroderma – also called CREST syndrome, which stands for Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dysmotility, Sclerosis and Telangiectasia. This primarily affects the skin of the face, ...

This content was created by our physicians and experts. By Jessica K. Gordon, MD; Kimberly (Showalter) Lakin, MD, MS Scleroderma is a group of conditions affecting approximately 300,000 people in the ...

EDTA is an intravenous chelating agent with high affinity to divalent cations (lead, cadmium, and calcium) that may be beneficial in the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although a large ...

BACKGROUND: Scleroderma or progressive systemic sclerosis is characterized by a chronic inflammatory process with proliferation of fibrous connective tissue and excessive deposition of collagen and ...

After excluding 23 patients for lacking information on calcinosis, the researchers included 631 in their final analysis. All patient data were kept in a centralized database by CARRA. Following ...

Objective Earlier detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a leading cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc), facilitates earlier treatment. The objective of this study was to develop ...

Calcinosis was most often seen in patients with digital ulcers, but was similarly observed in patients with the diffuse or limited cutaneous subtypes. Conclusions: Flexion contracture was associated ...

Background A EULAR taskforce was convened to develop recommendations for lifestyle behaviours in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). The aim of this paper was to review the literature on ...

In a recent PSA for the American Heart Association, Queen Latifah describes that her mother was diagnosed in 2013 with scleroderma, an incurable autoimmune disease that caused scar tissue to build up ...

Scleroderma is a group of rare diseases that involve the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues — the fibers that provide the framework and support for your body. When the disease ...

001). However, after adjusting for potential confounding factors, such as male sex, diffuse cutaneous onset of SSc, ILD, scleroderma renal crisis, severe cardiac involvement, and presence of ...

scleroderma (including CREST syndrome, morphoea and linear scleroderma). Vasculitis was separately diagnosed when it merited separate analysis and treatment and was not associated with SLE, RA, ...