Covina, Sept. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, is a rare and chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects the connective tissues in the body. There are ...

SCLERODERMA is a disease that affects the skin and sometimes the internal organs. The name derives from two Greek words -- "sclero" meaning hard, and "derma" meaning skin. Scleroderma typically occurs ...

Localized scleroderma, as the term denotes, is localized to the skin on the hands and face. It is characterized by slow progression and rarely transforms to the systemic type. Localized scleroderma is ...

Scleroderma is an intricate autoimmune disease wherein one notices the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Here, the immune system causes inflammation and injury to the cells ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF), the nation’s largest non-profit funder of scleroderma research, today announced that Sanofi will contribute the first ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

Scleroderma is an intricate autoimmune disease wherein one notices the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Here, the immune system causes inflammation and injury to the cells ...

Q: Would you define scleroderma? What are the early symptoms? Are there any tests to diagnose it? A: Scleroderma, or hard skin, isn't a common disorder. In a metropolitan area the size of St. Louis, ...

Scleroderma is not curable it can be considerably controlled with treatment methods that are aimed at the various symptoms that ravage the patient’s body. In some patients, the treatment could be ...

As the morning sun spills into her St. John's apartment, Bev Blanchette gets ready to face another day grappling with a rare medical condition known as scleroderma. "The word itself is hard enough to ...