Scleroderma is a complex and rare autoimmune disease characterised by the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition in which the body produces too much collagen. This affects the skin by causing it to ...

Scleroderma is classified as a rare, autoimmune, collagen-vascular disease of unknown etiology that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Its onset can be insidious or rapid; the symptoms range ...

Jay Virdee says her life is a daily struggle because of scleroderma Former school teacher Jay Virdee has been diagnosed with a rare and incurable degenerative disease which is slowly turning her ...

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is characterized by extensive telangiectasias and arteriovenous malformations. The primary clinical manifestation is epistaxis that results in iron ...

An IgE deficiency was demonstrated in 11 of 16 patients with ataxia-telangiectasia. No relation to age or to the level of IgG, IgM or IgD was found. Nine out of 11 patients with IgE and IgA ...

Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues. (This is called an autoimmune disease.) As a result, connective tissue of the skin, lungs, ...

The University of Michigan Varga Lab discovered that the antibody Ab68 can be used to inhibit scleroderma development.

Scleroderma is caused by an excess of collagen produced by the immune system, and often causes hardening and thickening of ...

For patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), pomalidomide yields a significant reduction in epistaxis ...

Significant reduction seen in epistaxis severity with pomalidomide treatment for patients with HHT. HealthDay News — For patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), pomalidomide ...