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157. A Thick Skin- Understanding Scleroderma

The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine

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Symptoms of Systemic Schloroses

Systemic schlorosis is relatively rare, with an estimated prevalence of one in five thousand. Women are affected three to four times more frequently than men and disease most commonly arises between the ages of 30 to 50 years. Despite its challenges, the treatment for scleroderma have come a long way from the use of warm milk, blood leeches, vapor baths and quicksilver described by doctor carlo carusoe in the eighteenth century. Researches on going in the evaluation of new therapies with the hope of reducing diseased progression. And improving patient quality of life.

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