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Localized scleroderma

Known as: Addison's keloid, scleroderma morphea, morphea scleroderma 
A chronic disorder, possibly autoimmune, marked by excessive production of collagen which results in hardening and thickening of body tissues… 
National Institutes of Health

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CATARACT-ALOPECIA-SCLERODACTYLY SYNDROMEGeneralized morpheaJuvenile-onset sclerodermaKeratoderma with scleroatrophy of the extremities
Circumscribed MorpheaCollagen DiseasesIn BloodJuvenile Localized Scleroderma

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Laser Doppler flowmetry for assessing localized scleroderma in children.
OBJECTIVE Assessment of disease activity is a major challenge in the management of children with localized scleroderma. The aim… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A new computerized method for the assessment of skin lesions in localized scleroderma.
OBJECTIVE Up to now, no validated tools are in use for the assessment of the skin lesions in localized scleroderma (LS). The aim… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Distinct recognition of antibodies to centromere proteins in primary Sjögren’s syndrome compared with limited scleroderma
Background: Anticentromere antibodies are characteristically observed in scleroderma but have recently been reported in other… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Anti-DNA topoisomerase IIα autoantibodies in localized scleroderma
Objective To determine the prevalence and clinical correlation of anti-DNA topoisomerase IIα (anti–topo IIα) antibody in… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Histopathologic differentiation between localized and systemic scleroderma.
It is widely accepted that a histopathologic differentiation between localized scleroderma (LS) and systemic scleroderma (SS) is… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Dermal mast cells in scleroderma: their skin density, tryptase/chymase phenotypes and degranulation
To determine the distribution, tryptase/chymase phenotypes and degranulation of mast cells (MCs) in the dermis of patients with… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Neurologic Abnormalities in Two Patients with Facial Hemiatrophy and Sclerosis Coexisting with Morphea
Abstract: Progressive facial hemiatrophy or Parry‐Romberg syndrome is a rare entity characterized by unilateral atrophy of the… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Autoantibodies in Scleroderma
  • M. Fritzler
  • Journal of dermatology (Print)
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 924958
Autoantibodies directed against nuclear, nucleolar, and a number of cytoplasmic components are described in the sera of… 
1991
1991
A Clinical, Histological, and Immunohistochemical Comparison of Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans and Morphea
We compared 19 patients with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA), a dermatosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi infection… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Localized scleroderma (morphoea): thickness of sclerotic plaques as measured by 15 MHz pulsed ultrasound.
The thickness of morphoea plaques was measured by A-mode ultrasound and compared to regional control measurements in the same… 
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