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August 2014 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This case report details a Taiwanese woman with scleredema adultorum and diabetes mellitus experiencing loss of eccrine glands, which led to frequent heat strokes and anhidrosis despite treatment.
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July 2013 in “Journal of dermatological science” This study found that microRNA levels in hair shafts were significantly decreased in scleroderma patients compared to normal subjects, suggesting they may serve as effective biomarkers.
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May 1982 in “PubMed” This report describes almost complete resolution of calcinosis and healing of associated ulcers in an 83-year-old woman with localized scleroderma after repeated intralesional steroid injections.
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October 2013 in “Experimental dermatology” In this study, hair shaft miR-29a levels were significantly lower in scleroderma patients than in controls, suggesting that hair microRNAs could serve as independent biomarkers for the disease.
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January 1999 in “Dermatology” This case report describes a rare instance of double-lined frontoparietal scleroderma en coup de sabre and suggests a genetic basis involving postzygotic mosaicism.