Until the advent of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, scleroderma renal crisis (SRC ... Two thirds of patients with this antibody have diffuse SSc and pulmonary interstitial ...

in sera from patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). The authors performed a series of experiments that confirmed that these antibodies recognized and activated native PDGFR on fibroblasts.

Despite the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors to prevent scleroderma renal crisis (SRC), it occurs ... ANA (anticentromere antibodies and anti-topoisomerase I) and capillaroscopy ...

Scleroderma is a chronic autoimmune disease of women. Over time, people living with scleroderma develop progressive and ...