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

• Main Authors: Riki Tanaka (Author), Yumi Tani (Author), Yoichiro Kaburaki (Author), Manao Kinoshita (Author), Yasushi Kawaguchi (Author), Yuka Okazaki (Author), Masataka Kuwana (Author), Masayoshi Harigai (Author), Satoru Nagata (Author), Takako Miyamae (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 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...