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Scleroderma overlap syndromes.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Nov 2002
Pope Janet E
Abstract excerpt
Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease that causes fibrosis and vascular abnormalities, but that also has an autoimmune component. Many patients with scleroderma have a positive antinuclear antibody, and there can be family histories of other connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis. Some patients have features of scleroderma and other autoimmune...
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