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Localized scleroderma: clinical and epidemiological features with emphasis on adulthood‐ versus childhood‐onset disease differences

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Localized scleroderma is a rare inflammatory skin disorder that affects the skin and sometimes underlying subcutaneous tissue, muscles or bones. The disease has two modes of onset: juvenile‐ (JLS) and… Click to show full abstract

Localized scleroderma is a rare inflammatory skin disorder that affects the skin and sometimes underlying subcutaneous tissue, muscles or bones. The disease has two modes of onset: juvenile‐ (JLS) and adult‐onset (aLoS). Clinical features have impact on diagnostic and treatment recommendations, but no consensus on the disease management depending on the age at diagnosis was given.

Keywords: emphasis adulthood; localized scleroderma; features emphasis; scleroderma clinical; clinical epidemiological; epidemiological features

Journal Title: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
Year Published: 2017

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