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Scleroderma

Known as: Progressive systemic scleroderma, Dermatosclerosis, Scleroderma (Disease) 
A localized or systemic chronic and progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by thickening of the skin and the connective tissues. Localized… 
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Connective Tissue DiseasesDermatologic disorders

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Localized scleroderma

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2005
2005
Effect of mast cell chymase inhibitor on the development of scleroderma in tight‐skin mice
1 Although the pathogenesis of scleroderma is not fully understood, activation of connective‐tissue‐type mast cells (CTMCs) has… 
2003
2003
The roles of Transforming growth Factor Type β3(TGF-β3) and mast cells in the pathogenesis of scleroderma
Scleroderma is a connective tissue disorder characterised by excessive accumulation of collagen in the skin and internal organs… 
2002
2002
Nine‐year follow‐up of a case of Grzybowski type multiple keratoacanthomas and failure to demonstrate human papillomavirus
Summary We describe a patient with a 9‐year history of generalized eruptive keratoacanthoma (KA) of the Grzybowski type whose… 
1995
1995
Is it possible to reduce observer variability in skin score assessment of scleroderma? The ad hoc International Group on the Assessment of Disease Outcome in Scleroderma.
OBJECTIVE A total skin thickness score based on summating the numerical severity grade at a specific number of skin sites is a… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Treatment of localised scleroderma with PUVA bath photochemotherapy
1990
1990
Sparing effect of hemiplegia on scleroderma.
The paretic limb is spared in patients who develop rheumatic diseases after a hemiplegic stroke. This has been described… 
1985
1985
Sclerodermoid changes of porphyria cutanea tarda: possible relationship to urinary uroporphyrin levels.
1966
1966
Carpal tunnel syndrome in dermatomyositis and scleroderma.
The carpal tunnel syndrome, although a well-defined clinical entity, has been appreciated only recently as a manifestation of… 
Review
1963
Review
1963
MELORHEOSTOSIS WITH LINEAR SCLERODERMA.
The seventh case of linear scleroderma associated with melorheostosis is presented and the literature reviewed. Melorheostosis is… 
1951
1951
Chronic scleroderma with acute exacerbation during corticotropin therapy; report of a case with autopsy observations.
IT HAS been established that scleroderma is a generalized disease. The condition usually runs a chronic course, but it may become… 
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