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Systemic Scleroderma

Known as: Systemic sclerosis, Diffuse Scleroderma, SSc, Diffuse Sclerosis 
A chronic disorder, possibly autoimmune, marked by excessive production of collagen which results in hardening and thickening of body tissues. The… 
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1995
1995
One hundred and three patients suffering from systemic sclerosis (SSc), with different extent of skin involvement, were… 
1995
1995
STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess possible effects of systemic sclerosis on ventricular function. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
B-mode ultrasound scanning was studied as a noninvasive means of determining skin thickness in the extremities of patients with… 
1984
1984
The skin thickness of the extensor and flexor aspects of the forearm (TEF, TFF), and the skin-phalanx distance over the middle… 
1975
1975
Three patients seen with similar findings of progressive systemic scleroderma. Two of the patients, a father and son, had very… 
1974
1974
A 66-year-old Japanese man with systemic sclerosis had benign monoclonal gammopathy. Penicillamine therapy resulted in a… 
1965
1965
Seven new cases of the CRST syndrome (calcinosis cutis, Raynaud's phenomenon, sclerodactylia, and telangiectasia resembling… 
1964
1964
THE behaviour of dermal collagen fibrils in seleroderma has not often been investigated in ultra-thin skin sections1,2. In our… 
1949
1949
DURING the last thirty years, cases of hereditary disease have occurred in which the white matter of the brain was extensively…