The Role of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Scleroderma

In this Scleroderma Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter video, learn more about the photopheresis and how it can impact scleroderma from Jaehyuk Choi, assistant professor of the Department of Dermatology and director of the extracorporeal photopheresis unit at Northwestern University.

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This talk from the Scleroderma Patient Education Conference, held in October 2016, focuses on the pathophysiology of scleroderma, photopheresis and the ideal patient profile for the treatment.

Despite approximately 300,000 people in the U.S. having scleroderma, it seems that many people are either completely unaware of the disease or are confused as to what the disease actually is.

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