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Abstract
A mild form of LIMITED SCLERODERMA, a multi-system disorder. Its features include symptoms of CALCINOSIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; sclerodactyly, and TELANGIECTASIS. When the defect in esophageal function is not prominent, it is known as CRST syndrome.
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- Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dismobility, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia Syndrome
- CREST Syndromes
- Syndrome, CREST
- CRST Syndrome
- Calcinosis-Raynaud Phenomenon-Sclerodactyly-Telangiectasia
- CRST Syndromes
- Calcinosis Raynaud Phenomenon Sclerodactyly Telangiectasia
- Phenomenon-Sclerodactyly-Telangiectasia, Calcinosis-Raynaud
- Syndrome, CRST
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
CREST syndrome: an acronym for Calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, Esophageal dysfunction, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasis
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History Note
1994
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Previous Indexing
- Calcinosis (1975-1993)
- Raynaud's Disease (1975-1993)
- Scleroderma, Systemic (1975-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. CREST Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017675. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017675
- CREST Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CREST_syndrome
- CREST Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763356