منابع مشابه
Hope for disease-modifying treatment of systemic sclerosis/scleroderma.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease of inner organs and skin. Its cutaneous manifestations are called scleroderma but the terms “systemic sclerosis” and “scleroderma” are sometimes used interchangeably (Fett, 2013). The American College of Rheumatology and the European League against Rheumatism have recently issued a consensus statement for the classification of SSc (van den...
متن کاملAntibiotic Therapy for Systemic Scleroderma
Background The concept of using antibiotics to treat Scleroderma stems from research done initially by Thomas M Brown, MD at the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins and the Rockefeller Institute. Brown used antibiotic therapy to treat a variety of autoimmune diseases based on the theory that arthritic diseases, including Scleroderma, are caused by mycoplasma or bacterial infections. My...
متن کاملSystemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
labmedicine.com November 2005 Volume 36 Number 11 LABMEDICINE 723 Systemic sclerosis is a chronic disease of unknown etiology characterized by abnormal accumulation of fibrous tissue in the skin and multiple organs.1 Scleroderma derives its name from the Greek words “sclerosis” (hardness) and “derma” (skin), thus aptly named “hard skin,” a feature that is common to all the different types of sc...
متن کاملSystemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem autoimmune disease in which there is increased fibroblast activity resulting in abnormal growth of connective tissue. This causes vascular damage and fibrosis. Fibrosis occurs in skin, the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, heart, lungs and other internal organs. Vascular manifestations include secondary Raynaud's phenomenon, ischaemia of extremities, pulmona...
متن کاملSystemic Sclerosis / Scleroderma (SScl)
While it is called by many names and comes in different varieties, SScl is characterized by one basic problem: overproduction of collagen. Collagen is an important protein in the body that is a component of scar tissue, which allows injuries to heal. When too much collagen is deposited, however, a number of problems can arise, and this is the basic obstacle that must be faced in patients with S...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Modern Rheumatology Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2310-158X,1996-7012
DOI: 10.14412/1996-7012-2011-679