Joint contractures responsive to immunosuppressive therapy in a girl with childhood‐onset systemic sclerosis double‐seropositive for rare anti‐nucleolar autoantibodies: a case report

• Hauptverfasser: Riki Tanaka (Verfasst von), Yumi Tani (Verfasst von), Yoichiro Kaburaki (Verfasst von), Manao Kinoshita (Verfasst von), Yasushi Kawaguchi (Verfasst von), Yuka Okazaki (Verfasst von), Masataka Kuwana (Verfasst von), Masayoshi Harigai (Verfasst von), Satoru Nagata (Verfasst von), Takako Miyamae (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue, in addition to the internal organs of the whole body. Onset in childhood is uncommon; however, both patients with childhood-onset and adult-onset SSc ar...