The immunosuppressant Rituximab may ease arthritis — an inflammation of the joints — in patients with long-standing systemic sclerosis…
Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT)Â eases skin scarring in people with diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) by tweaking the levels…
People with systemic scleroderma (SSc) who have certain autoantibodies are at increased risk of developing pulmonary hypertension, or…
A protein that triggers a form of cell death driven by inflammation is present at high levels in the skin…
Country music artist Ashley Barron has been named celebrity ambassador of the National Scleroderma Foundation, a role she…
UVA1 phototherapy, a form of treatment that uses light for skin disorders, helps ease skin lesions in people with…
A differential blood cell count — a routine test that tells how many cells of each type there are in…
When gene expression — the process in which a gene gets turned ‘on’ in a cell to make proteins —…
Supervised rehabilitation combining a whirlpool bath with active exercises and hand and elbow massages may improve hand and overall function…
Some patients with systemic scleroderma (SSc) appear to develop breast cancer with a good prognosis, a small study has…