Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of 114 patients (68% female; median age at onset, 8.3 years; 92% White) with juvenile localized scleroderma from the National Registry for Childhood ...

Padua, Italy - Although juvenile localized scleroderma is typically thought of as a skin disease, Dr Francesco Zulian reports in the September 2005 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism that 22.4% of ...

Fibrocell Science has submitted an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) with the FDA for a gene therapy candidate to treat moderate to severe localized scleroderma. Fibrocell Science has ...

Clinical enrollment for an open-label, single-arm Phase 1/2 trial of FCX-013 was initiated in August 2018. Fibrocell Science announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast ...

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease involving an overproduction of the protein collagen. Linear scleroderma usually begins as a streak of hardened, waxy, discolored skin on the forehead, an arm, ...

Scleroderma is a range of disorders in which the skin and connective tissues tighten and harden. It is a long-term, progressive disease. This means it gradually gets worse. Share on Pinterest ...

“Pediatrics does not deal with miniature men and women, with reduced doses and the same class of diseases in smaller bodies, but ... it has its own independent range and horizon and gives as much to ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Scleroderma Foundation, a national nonprofit that advances medical research, promotes disease awareness and provides support and education to people with ...