- ►oxfordjournals.org RJ Stratton, H Wilson, CM Black - Rheumatology, 2001 - Br Soc Rheumatology Results. Mean skin score decreased during the study from 28 at baseline to 17 after 12 months
of MMF (P<0.01). Hand contractures worsened during the study. Mean measurements of systemic
disease remained stable. One patient died after a scleroderma renal crisis. Five patients ... Cited by 67 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] TA Medsger Jr - British Medical Journal, 1991 - ard.bmj.com Similar to other members of the family of connective tissue diseases, systemic sclerosis
(scleroderma) is a chronic, often disabling, and disfiguring disease which represents a major
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JJ Goronzy, CM Weyand - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com We describe 2 patients with rapidly progressing systemic sclerosis that did not respond to conventional
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M Bruns, K Herrmann, UF Haustein - International journal of …, 1994 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets.
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Y Katsumata, T Suzuki, M Kuwana, Y Hattori, S … - Arthritis Care & … - interscience.wiley.com Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (AMT) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been
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JA Tooze, JC Marsh, N Wickham, OL Duke, J … - British journal of …, 1993 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Scleroderma and aplastic anaemia (AA) occurred simultaneously in a patient. Treatment with
antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) resulted in some improvement of the scleroderma and a
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DE Furst, R Nash, KM Sullivan, R Saccardi, P … - J Rheumatol, 2004 - jrheum.com Although there are no clear therapeutic options for these individuals, several approaches are
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EP Balaban, SJ Zashin, TD Geppert, PE Lipsky … - Arthritis Care & … - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets.
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ANC Santana, RG Ramos, EF Zanandrea, … - European journal of …, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com Abstract: A 60-yr-old white woman with CREST syndrome (calcinosis cutis, Raynaud's
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K Kamada, Y Kobayashi, K Katada, Y Takahashi, … - Acta …, 2000 - content.karger.com A 55-year-old woman came to our hospital because of cutaneous sclerosis of the limbs in September
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