A chronic autoimmune disease of the skin, called scleroderma, is not contagious or infectious and often not harmful. However, when this connective tissue disorder involves any internal organs, it can ...

Stephanie Daniels couldn't bend down to put on her socks. She noticed the first symptoms of scleroderma about 2 1/2 years ago while attending St. Edward's University in Austin. The disease's name ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 14 -- arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced today an agreement with The University of Tennessee Research Foundation to license the intellectual property surrounding the use of ...

Sclerodactyly is a tightening and thickening of the skin of the fingers as a result of systemic scleroderma. It can cause the fingers to curl inward and the hands to form a clawed shape. Share on ...

Scleroderma on the face can cause symptoms that may affect your appearance, including the texture, discoloration, and elasticity of your skin. Medications, facial exercises, and dermatological ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

Most people with scleroderma have autoantibodies. Several scleroderma-specific antibodies have been identified. These can help with diagnosis and give insight into the type of disease you may ...

An anti-cancer drug that suppresses the immune system is the first drug that has been shown to alleviate the most devastating effects of scleroderma, a disease of the connective tissues and lungs.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When a rare disease strikes, getting a diagnosis can take years, enabling the disease to progress. A young woman from the Mayfair section of Philadelphia details her battle to ...

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease involving an overproduction of the protein collagen. Linear scleroderma usually begins as a streak of hardened, waxy, discolored skin on the forehead, an arm, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The last 3 years of drug development in scleroderma have come to represent everything that ails the current ...

image: Maureen D. Mayes, M.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, was one of the researchers in an international scleroderma research study. view more An international ...