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Abstract
A chronic multi-system disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. It is characterized by SCLEROSIS in the SKIN, the LUNGS, the HEART, the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, the KIDNEYS, and the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. Other important features include diseased small BLOOD VESSELS and AUTOANTIBODIES. The disorder is named for its most prominent feature (hard skin), and classified into subsets by the extent of skin thickening: LIMITED SCLERODERMA and DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA.
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- Scleroderma, Systemic
- Sclerosis, Systemic
- Systemic Sclerosis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note specific indentations and SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED
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1971
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Systemic Scleroderma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012595. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012595
- Systemic Scleroderma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_scleroderma
- Systemic Scleroderma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5340515