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Puffy Fingers or Hands Often Precede Raynaud Phenomenon in Systemic Sclerosis
Many patients with systemic sclerosis presented without the warning sign of Raynaud phenomenon as their initial symptom in an ...
Specific immune cells linked to severe organ damage in systemic sclerosis
Treating rare diseases can be complicated at the best of times, and it gets even more complicated when different patients ...
Integrative exome sequencing and machine learning identify new genes contributing to systemic sclerosis risk
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with complex genetic causes. Some genetic contributors have been ...
June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month
In today’s Health headlines, June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month. New research being conducted at Yale seeks to improve risk prediction. And, using AI to ...
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Vasoactive Vasodilators Show Severity-Dependent Effects on the Progression of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Different vasoactive vasodilating drugs were associated with protective effects depending on patients' vasculopathy, but ...
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Early clinical events predict disease progression in very early systemic sclerosis
The VEDOSS project has previously shown that 70% of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and at least one red flag – systemic ...
Actress calls scary movies ‘portal to demonic,’ despite the irony
Actress Candace Cameron says she doesn’t even allow others to watch scary movies in her home because she fears it opens a ...
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Scleroderma Risk Factors
Who’s at the highest risk of developing scleroderma? Unfortunately, the exact causes of scleroderma are unknown. The research that’s been done suggests that, like many rheumatic and autoimmune ...
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Systemic Sclerosis: Key Predictors and Outcomes
The VEDOSS project has previously shown that 70% of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and at least one red flag – systemic sclerosis (SSc)-specific ...