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Scleroderma

Scleroderma

This cutaneous condition: known as Scleroderma, can be Discussed here.

Persons finding themselves or loved ones distressed in their lives because of Scleroderma may like to share how they cope in order to help others world-wide searching for experiences.

Scleroderma

More complete genetic map of scleroderma disease makes more effective medications possible

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that affects one out of every 10,000 people in Europe and North America, mostly middle-aged women, and causes death in a high percentage of cases. Scientists have now carried out the largest study to date of the disease with a sample of more than 5000 affected patients. Ref. Source 7m.

Scleroderma Health & Special Psychology

Stem cell transplant is better than drug therapy for scleroderma. Scleroderma with internal organ involvement is a debilitating and lethal autoimmune disorder with few effective treatments. But a study has now found new cause for optimism using an aggressive stem cell transplant regimen. Source 9k.

Scleroderma

Scleroderma study: Hope for a longer life for patients with rare autoimmune disorder. The approach could represent the first new treatment to improve survival in patients with severe scleroderma in more than four decades. Source 2j.

Scleroderma

Higher estrogen levels linked to more severe disease in scleroderma. Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease that hardens the skin and scars the organs. Older men with scleroderma had higher estrogen levels than healthy older men or postmenopausal women with scleroderma, report researchers. Higher estradiol levels were associated with more severe disease and heart involvement in these men and, in those positive for the autoantibody Scl-70, a greater risk of death. Source 6e.