EARLY DIAGNOSIS of the potentially fatal disease scleroderma is essential if patients are given a chance to survive, a conference was told at the weekend. Scleroderma is an incurable and potentially ...

The following is a summary of “Sildenafil Versus Placebo for Early Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Scleroderma (SEPVADIS): protocol for a randomized controlled trial,” published in the April 2024 issue ...

DESTIN, Fla. — Detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis calls for early and aggressive action, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe and life-threatening complication often associated with scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis (SSc). Scleroderma is a chronic autoimmune ...

Experts have restated that early diagnosis is key to management of scleroderma (skin hardening), an autoimmune condition of the connective tissue. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s tissues are ...

The drug tofacitinib was well tolerated among patients with early scleroderma, primarily affecting the protein interferon both in fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Researchers say the drug is safe and ...