Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rheumatologists are likely to be at the “forefront” of diagnosing scleroderma skin disorders and other ...

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 ...

The word "scleroderma" comes from the Greek "sclero," meaning hard, and the Latin "derma," meaning skin. The localized form of scleroderma - more correctly called morphea - is primarily a skin disease ...

(HealthDay News) – Patients with localized scleroderma (morphea) often experience delay in diagnosis and variability in treatment that is based more on the specialty of the provider than disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients treated with sequential vs. single grafting saw higher improvement in skin damage. On the other hand, ...

Scleroderma is a rare disease, yet its initial symptoms are frequently encountered in general rheumatology practice as features of the more-common rheumatic diseases and of several 'scleroderma-like' ...