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Systemic scleroderma in a 16-year-old boy: the diagnosticrelevance of capillaroscopy and fluorescence video microscopy

T. Klyscz, Judith Breuer, M Jünger, G. Rassner

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Systemic scleroderma (SSc) is a connective tissue disease of unclear pathogenesis. It is characterized by induration and thickening of the skin, Raynaud's phenomenon and involvement of the inner organs. The incidence is about 4 to 12 per million [1], with women affected 3 to 5 times as frequently as men. Systemic scleroderma rarely appears in children. Only 1.5% of all SSc patients are younger than 10 years and 7.2% are between [...]

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Systemic scleroderma (SSc) is a connective tissue disease of unclear pathogenesis. It is characterized by induration and thickening of the skin, Raynaud's phenomenon and involvement of the inner organs. The incidence is about 4 to 12 per million [1], with women affected 3 to 5 times as frequently as men. Systemic scleroderma rarely appears in children. Only 1.5% of all SSc patients are younger than 10 years and 7.2% are between [...]

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Systemic scleroderma (SSc) is a connective tissue disease of unclear pathogenesis. It is characterized by induration and thickening of the skin, Raynaud's phenomenon and involvement of the inner organs. The incidence is about 4 to 12 per million [1], with women affected 3 to 5 times as frequently as men. Systemic scleroderma rarely appears in children. Only 1.5% of all SSc patients are younger than 10 years and 7.2% are between [...]

Key concepts: Medicine, Scleroderma (fungus), Systemic scleroderma, Connective tissue disease, Thickening, Dermatology, Systemic disease, Pathogenesis

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