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Scleroderma, Systemic

"Scleroderma, Systemic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A chronic multi-system disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. It is characterized by SCLEROSIS in the SKIN, the LUNGS, the HEART, the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, the KIDNEYS, and the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. Other important features include diseased small BLOOD VESSELS and AUTOANTIBODIES. The disorder is named for its most prominent feature (hard skin), and classified into subsets by the extent of skin thickening: LIMITED SCLERODERMA and DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Scleroderma, Systemic" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Scleroderma, Systemic" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 232 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2021
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