Kheesa J was diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease. Her daughter was an infant, and doctors told her she had five years to live. Seventeen years later, she's stable and has another ...

Scleroderma-related PAH remains a syndrome that is difficult to treat with currently available medical therapy, for reasons that are poorly understood. Although classified within the group 1 (PAH) of ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Scleroderma." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Selected Immune Disorders and Disability. Washington, DC: The ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with scleroderma often require ...

Stephanie Daniels couldn't bend down to put on her socks. She noticed the first symptoms of scleroderma about 2 1/2 years ago while attending St. Edward's University in Austin. The disease's name ...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are the mainstay of therapy for patients with systemic sclerosis in scleroderma renal crisis, however mortality remains high even in the post-ACE ...

Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis refers to a disorder in which the skin and connective tissues of the body start to thicken and harden because of the overproduction of a protein called collagen.

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