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eMedicine - Scleroderma : Article by Sergio Jimenez, MD

 

Scleroderma - Scleroderma is derived from the Greek words skleros (hard or indurated) and derma (skin). Hippocrates first described this condition as thickened skin. Carlo Curzio (1752) offered the first detailed description of this condition when a patient presented with hard skin, which he scleroderma,scleroderma,systemic sclerosis,hard skin,skin tightening,skin tightness,proximal scleroderma,sclerodactyly,bibasilar pulmonary fibrosis,diffuse cutaneous scleroderma,limited cutaneous scle

MedlinePlus: Scleroderma

 

Scleroderma. From the National Institutes of Health; Handout on Health: Scleroderma (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) scleroderma, systemic sclerosis

Scleroderma Foundation - Home Page

 

The Scleroderma Foundation is a national nonprofit health organization dedicated to a three-fold mission of Support, Education, and Research to help fight this challenging autoimmune disease. racing for life, arthritis, scleroderma, support group, systemic, sclerosis, fibromyalgia, raynaud, raynaud"s, raynaud"s, crest, fibrosis, penicillamine, morphea, morphea, cytoxan, disabilit

Scleroderma

 

Arthritis Foundation cleroderma is chronic, which means it can last a long time. ... Diffuse scleroderma develops more suddenly, with skin thickening throughout the body arthritis foundation,arthritis

Scleroderma - MayoClinic.com

 

Scleroderma is a rare, progressive disease that involves hardening and thickening of the skin and may damage internal organs as well. scleroderma,hardened skin,hardening of skin,connective tissue,connective tissues

International Scleroderma Network

 

The major worldwide resource for scleroderma, arthritis, and autoimmune medical and support information, Scleroderma from A to Z. scleroderma,systemic sclerosis,voices of scleroderma,scleroderma support,scleroderma organizations,morphea,linear,diffuse scleroderma,ssc,limited scleroderma,crest,connective tissue disease,ctd,arthri

Handout on Health: Scleroderma

 

In some forms of scleroderma, hard, tight skin is the extent of this abnormal ... Localized types of scleroderma are those limited to the skin and related ...