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Guidance of Scleroderma patients during COVID
June 3, 2020

Systemic sclerosis is a rare chronic disease of unknown cause characterized by diffuse fibrosis and vascular abnormalities in the skin, joints, and internal organs. The term scleroderma, is used to describe the presence of thickened, hardened skin and can be the first diagnostic feature of systemic sclerosis (Ssc). Systemic sclerosis is classified based on the …

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Summer 2018 | Live Blog | Nephrocutaneous Disease: Review and Update
June 29, 2018

Day 2 of the SDPA Annual Summer Conference started with an enlightening lecture on nephrocutaneous disease presented by Dr. Jennie Clarke. For reasons that are not completely understood, xerosis and pruritis are the two most common presentations of patients with end stage renal disease. Unfortunately, dialysis does not help improve these conditions. Treatment of these …