After undergoing tests and seeing specialists, the garden designer was diagnosed with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, a type of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition which causes the skin ...

Scleroderma & Raynauds UK The systemic form of scleroderma causes white calcium lumps to form under the skin Plans to have children and dreams of a future happy family life have been abandoned ...

These include autoimmune forms of arthritis as well as Dupuytren's contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, and scleroderma. Even certain drugs can cause morning hand stiffness in some ...

in sera from patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). The authors performed a series of experiments that confirmed that these antibodies recognized and activated native PDGFR on fibroblasts.

He was was diagnosed with a type of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition which causes the skin to harden and thickenCredit: PA The dad, from Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, later struggled ...