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Classroom classification

百科

Scleroderma

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Common symptoms

出汗减少、肺间质纤维化、甲状腺功能低下、腹泻、晨僵、腹痛、蛋白尿

The pathology of disease

Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is autoimmune connective tissue disease; skin thickening/fibrosis; Raynaud phenomenon; visceral fibrosis.

Symptoms

Sclerodactyly; Raynaud; facial skin tightening; dysphagia; pulmonary fibrosis; renal crisis

Causes

Autoimmune; vascular injury; collagen deposition.

Treatment

Calcium channel blockers; ACE inhibitors; immunosuppressants; supportive

Dept

Rheumatology.

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