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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Scleroderma
- Medical condition.image
- MercMorphea.JPG
- Medical condition.caption
- A type of localized scleroderma known as morphea
- Medical condition.field
- Rheumatology
- Medical condition.onset
- Middle age
- Medical condition.types
- Localized, systemic scleroderma
- Medical condition.causes
- Unknown
- Medical condition.risks
- Family history, certain genetic factors, exposure to silica
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms, skin biopsy, blood tests
- Medical condition.differential
- Mixed connective tissue disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis
- Medical condition.treatment
- Supportive care
- Medical condition.medication
- Corticosteroids, methotrexate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Medical condition.prognosis
- Localized: Normal life expectancySystemic: Decreased life expectancy
- Medical condition.frequency
- 3 per 100,000 per year (systemic)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Scleroderma - UIP - Honeycomb fibrosis Case 221 (7262028900).jpg
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- health specialty
- immunology
- Commons category
- Scleroderma
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26746
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_801
- different from
- Scleroderma
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
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