Rituximab effectively reduced skin sclerosis and appeared to have a beneficial effect on interstitial lung disease (ILD) for patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a randomized, clinical trial. At ...

After the news broke that beloved comedian Bob Saget died Sunday at 65, many of his friends and family encouraged fans to donate to the Scleroderma Research Foundation, a cause that was extremely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . IVIG had favorable effects on skin thickening, muscle and joint pain, and gastrointestinal symptoms of systemic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Half of patients with systemic sclerosis demonstrated signs of disordered eating. Patients with SSc often manage ...

The 35-year-old woman initially presented to a rheumatologist in October 2022 with typical Raynaud's phenomenon affecting her hands. Capillaroscopy revealed a characteristic SSc pattern with decreased ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) or scleroderma is a rare, chronic, autoimmune disorder that hardens connective tissue and muscle in the body. As a result, this can generate complications associated with skin ...

Researchers report early success with using an existing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug to treat systemic sclerosis, a rare but potentially devastating autoimmune condition. The disease, a subset of ...

New research at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) annual meeting, shows that patients with refractory juvenile systemic sclerosis improved significantly on nearly all ...