CREST syndrome is a form of scleroderma, specifically limited systemic scleroderma. Its symptoms affect the skin, joints, and blood vessels and progress more slowly than other forms of systemic ...

In some cases, it progresses slowly and is limited to the skin, while in others, it rapidly attacks internal organs such as ...

A new study validates the Scleroderma Skin Questionnaire (SSQ) as a reliable tool for assessing skin symptoms in systemic ...

[2] Patients with diffuse cutaneous scleroderma with skin thickening on ... the prognosis of the 2 main forms of SSc, diffuse and limited, on the basis of their cutaneous and/or internal ...

Systemic sclerosis is often well established at ... all of them distinguish between the limited cutaneous disease, in which the skin lesions do not extend beyond the elbows and knees but may ...

New research explores the potential of adipose-derived stem cells to reduce fibrosis and modulate the immune system in ...

However, data from 1,200 patients in the German Systemic Sclerosis Network register indicate that a lack of skin sclerosis does ... often associated with the limited form of SSc and higher mRSS ...

The severity and extent of skin involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis is an important indicator ... computer-linked device (Vesmeter ®, WaveCyber Co. Ltd, Saitama, Japan) for measuring ...