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Abstract
The least progressive form of SYSTEMIC SCLERODERMA with skin thickening restricted to the face, neck and areas distal to the elbows and/or knees, sparing the trunk. The CREST SYNDROME is a form of limited scleroderma.
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- Limited Systemic Scleroderma
- Scleroderma, Limited
- Limited Systemic Sclerodermas
- Scleroderma, Limited Systemic
- Sclerodermas, Limited Systemic
- Systemic Scleroderma, Limited
- Systemic Sclerodermas, Limited
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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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do not confuse with SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED
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History Note
2004
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Previous Indexing
- Scleroderma, Circumscribed (1986-2003)
- Scleroderma, Systemic (1990-2003)
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- National Library of Medicine. Limited Scleroderma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D045745. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D045745
- Limited Scleroderma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554843