LISBON, Portugal — For most people with systemic sclerosis, adverse effects on the lungs, heart, skin, and other systems develop early and quickly, a large-scale, longitudinal study has confirmed for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data from two large U.S. cohorts showed more than 30% of patients with SSc demonstrated an initial symptom other ...

The VEDOSS project has previously shown that 70% of patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon and at least one red flag – systemic sclerosis (SSc)-specific antibodies, puffy fingers, or an SSc pattern on ...

EARLY lung function decline may help predict progression in patients at risk of systemic sclerosis, according to new ...

A lower initial lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide is associated with a higher rate of progression from very early diagnosis to definite systemic sclerosis.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease that can harden the skin, impair blood flow, and damage internal organs such as the lungs and kidneys. But no two patients experience the disease ...