Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that causes areas of tight, hard skin, but can also harm blood vessels and organs. Symptoms vary by type of scleroderma. What is the latest research on scleroderma?

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Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ... Observer-Reporter: Battling scleroderma with courage: Cecil Township women prepare for National Scleroderma Foundation walk at North Strabane Caroline Graettinger, left, and Taitia Shelow, both of Cecil Township, have been diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hardening and thickening of the skin and other organs ... Battling scleroderma with courage: Cecil Township women prepare for National Scleroderma Foundation walk at North Strabane CARLSBAD, California — In 2003, researchers asked 303 patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) what bothered them most about their disease from an aesthetic standpoint: Orofacial features, such ...

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