Scleroderma is classified as a rare, autoimmune, collagen-vascular disease of unknown etiology that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Its onset can be insidious or rapid; the symptoms range ...

The culprit? A cytokine (a type of protein that helps control inflammation in the body) called CXCL4, which researchers found to be highly expressed in the skin of scleroderma patients.

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that primarily causes thickening of your skin. For some people, bladder or urinary problems may also develop. Some treatments for scleroderma may also cause ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

The culprit? A cytokine (a type of protein that helps control inflammation in the body) called CXCL4, which researchers found to be highly expressed in the skin of scleroderma patients. Instead of ...

The Full House star, who died Sunday night at 65, worked for years to support the Scleroderma Research Foundation after his sister Gay died from the disease Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports ...

Of note, SSc has traditionally sometimes also been called scleroderma, but strictly speaking, this term refers only to skin involvement.

Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues. (This is called an autoimmune disease.) As a result, connective tissue of the skin, lungs, ...

Episodes of Raynaud's phenomenon, a common feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc, also known as scleroderma), were more severe ...