Common GI symptoms of CREST syndrome include ... Environmental factors that may trigger the onset of CREST syndrome and scleroderma-like disorders include: Viral infections, including cytomegalovirus ...

After the skin, the gastrointestinal tract is the second most common target of systemic sclerosis. The major clinical manifestations include gastroesophageal reflux, small bowel bacterial ...

The Full House star, who died Sunday night at 65, worked for years to support the Scleroderma Research Foundation after his sister Gay died from the disease Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

Delayed esophageal transit on scintigraphy among patients with SSc is linked to a more severe disease phenotype.

Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues. (This is called an autoimmune disease.) As a result, connective tissue of the skin, lungs, ...

The actor, who died Sunday at age 65, was an "irreplaceable" part of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, says chairman Luke Evnin Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE ...

Scleroderma affects approximately 300,000 people in the U.S., with about one-third developing systemic disease, which can affect major organs such as the lungs, kidneys or heart.

Instead, Mr Nell has a disease that only a handful of people have heard of - diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, a type of scleroderma. It can stop parts of the body from functioning properly ...