Update in systemic sclerosis
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Kim, Lauren H. ;Korn, Joseph H.
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma), is a multiorgan systemic disease. Patients develop organ dysfunction secondary to a mixture of fibrotic and vascular disease in the setting of underlying autoimmunity. Although cutaneous fibrosis is the disease hallmark, fibrosis of visceral organs (such as the