Treatment of early diffuse systemic sclerosis skin disease.
Frech TM, Shanmugam VK, Shah AA, Assassi S, Gordon JK, Hant FN, Hinchcliff ME, Steen V, Khanna D, Kayser C, Domsic RT. Treatment of early diffuse systemic sclerosis skin disease. Clinical And Experimental Rheumatology 2013, 31: 166-71. PMID: 23910619, PMCID: PMC3889109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSSc skin diseaseSystemic sclerosisSkin diseasesEarly diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosisDiffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosisEarly diffuse SScEarly systemic sclerosisCutaneous systemic sclerosisDiffuse systemic sclerosisIncident cohort studyIntravenous immunoglobulinProspective registryCohort studyInter-institutional variabilityClinical courseHigh morbidityDiffuse SScEffective treatmentNovel biomarkersDisease pathogenesisSclerosisDiseaseTreatmentRigorous studiesMycophenolate