progressive systemic sclerosis

Scleroderma is also known as progressive systemic sclerosis.

In adults the gastrocolonic response is absent in the early stages of progressive systemic sclerosis.

But people with Raynaud's syndrome caused by a condition called progressive systemic sclerosis don't seem to benefit from fish oil supplements.

Reynolds syndrome is a rare secondary laminopathy, consisting of the combination of primary biliary cirrhosis and progressive systemic sclerosis.

Progressive systemic sclerosis is a generalized disorder of connective tissue in which there is thickening of dermal collagen bundles, and fibrosis and vascular abnormalities in internal organs.

In progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), oesophageal peristalsis may be impaired, oesophageal acid exposure time prolonged, oesophageal transit of a radiolabelled liquid meal delayed, and oesophagitis is common.

This study examined the hypothesis that impaired oesophageal peristalsis was associated with delayed oesophageal clearance of acid in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), some of whom are thought to have impaired oesophageal sensitivity to acid.

Progressive Systemic Sclerosis PSS Sclerosis, Familial Progressive Systemic Systemic Sclerosis Morphea Linear Scleroderma CREST Syndrome Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder characterized by abnormal thickening of the skin.