Scleroderma, an Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics: Volume 41-3

by Maureen D Mayes and Maureen D. Mayes

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Hardening of the skin is one of the most visible manifestations of the disease. It's estimated that about 300,000 Americans have scleroderma. About one third of those people have the systemic form of scleroderma. Since scleroderma presents with symptoms similar to other autoimmune diseases, diagnosis is difficult...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323393543
• ISBN13: 9780323393546
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.