"Scleroderma, Localized" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A term used to describe a variety of localized asymmetrical SKIN thickening that is similar to those of SYSTEMIC SCLERODERMA but without the disease features in the multiple internal organs and BLOOD VESSELS. Lesions may be characterized as patches or plaques (morphea), bands (linear), or nodules.
| Descriptor ID |
D012594
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.300.787 C17.800.767
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| Concept/Terms |
Scleroderma, Localized- Scleroderma, Localized
- Localized Scleroderma
- Sclerodermas, Localized
- Scleroderma, Circumscribed
- Circumscribed Scleroderma
Scleroderma, Linear- Scleroderma, Linear
- Linear Scleroderma
- Frontal Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scleroderma, Localized" by people in Profiles.
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Body site distribution of pediatric-onset morphea and association with extracutaneous manifestations. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jul; 85(1):38-45.
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Quantifying Skin Stiffness in Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Morphea, and Systemic Sclerosis Using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging and Shear Wave Elastography. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 04; 141(4):924-927.e2.
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Clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic features of eosinophilic fasciitis and morphea profunda: A comparative study of 27 cases. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Jan; 78(1):121-128.
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Early morphea simulating patch-stage mycosis fungoides. Am J Dermatopathol. 2015 May; 37(5):409-12.
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Clinicopathologic challenge. Sclerodermoid graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) with lichensclerosus-like lesions. Int J Dermatol. 2008 Jul; 47(7):655-7.
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Therapeutic plasma exchange for the acute management of the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: beta(2)-glycoprotein I antibodies as a marker of response to therapy. J Clin Apher. 1999; 14(4):171-6.
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Multiple periorbital cutaneous myxomas progressing to scleromyxedema. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 May; 34(5 Pt 2):928-30.