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Scleroderma

What is scleroderma?

Scleroderma means "hard skin." It's the name of an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and thickening in the skin and other areas of the body. This inflammation causes you to have areas of tight, hard skin. Scleroderma may affect just one area of your body, or it can affect many systems in your body.

What are the types of scleroderma?

There are two main types of scleroderma:

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Results 1 - 10 of 244 for Systemic sclerosis
  1. Scleroderma (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... your skin. Systemic scleroderma, which is also called systemic sclerosis, is a more serious type. It affects many ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/scleroderma.html - Health Topics
  2. Scleroderma 
    ... of the disease is classified as diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). Body wide (systemic) treatments are most often ... et al. Treatment outcome in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: the European Scleroderma Observational Study (ESOS). Ann Rheum ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000429.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Systemic scleroderma 
    ... and other organs. The condition is also called systemic sclerosis because the fibrosis can affect organs other than ... In the third type of systemic scleroderma, called systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma ("sine" means without in Latin), fibrosis ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/systemic-scleroderma - Genetics
  4. Tocilizumab Injection 
    ... adults. Tocilizumab injection (Actemra) is used to treat systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD; also known ... When tocilizumab injection products are given to treat systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, they are usually given ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a611004.html - Drugs and Supplements
  5. Scleroderma - resources 
    ... following organizations are good resources for information on scleroderma : Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center -- rarediseases.info. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002195.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Nintedanib 
    ... of decline in lung function in people with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD; also known as scleroderma-associated ILD: a disease in which there is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a615009.html - Drugs and Supplements
  7. What Is Scleroderma? From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)  
    Scleroderma/Start Here ... Scleroderma ... National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Scleroderma ...
    https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/scleroderma - External Health Links
  8. Scleroderma Complications and Treatments (Scleroderma Research Foundation)  
    Learn about scleroderma skin complications and treatments including Raynaud's Phenomenon, skin ulcers, and Calcinosis.
    https://srfcure.org/.../resources/complications-and-treatments - External Health Links
  9. IRF5 gene 
    ... Dieude P, Boileau C. Updating the genetics of systemic sclerosis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2010 Nov;22(6):665- ... Association between the IRF5 rs2004640 functional polymorphism and systemic sclerosis: a new perspective for pulmonary fibrosis. Arthritis Rheum. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/irf5 - Genetics
  10. Scleroderma (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Scleroderma/Start Here ... Scleroderma ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20351952?p=1 - External Health Links
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