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Diagnosis and management of systemic sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna
UCLA Scleroderma Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dinesh Khanna
UCLA Scleroderma Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Systemic sclerosis (Scleroderma, SSc) is associated with major mortality and morbidity that arises from the devel- opment of specific complications of the disease, including organ-based complications. The frequency and diverse nature of these complications makes systematic assessment and long-term follow-up essential to good manage- ment of SSc. This review will discuss the natural history of SSc, the predictors of progressive skin and internal organ involvement and current therapeutic management of these complications. |
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