Padua, Italy - Although juvenile localized scleroderma is typically thought of as a skin disease, Dr Francesco Zulian reports in the September 2005 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism that 22.4% of ...

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 ...

Given the potential significant morbidity of linear scleroderma, it is important to identify treatment approaches that can improve outcomes. This study provides another dataset that supports the use ...

Sclerodactyly is a tightening and thickening of the skin of the fingers as a result of systemic scleroderma. It can cause the fingers to curl inward and the hands to form a clawed shape. Share on ...

Fibrocell Science, a gene therapy company focused on transformational autologous cell-based therapies for skin and connective tissue diseases, announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug ...