Scleroderma Disorder
‘The most challenging disease’: Misdiagnoses, unmet needs abound in systemic sclerosis
Systemic sclerosis is the most challenging diagnosis to make among rheumatic and autoimmune conditions, according to 91% of respondents in a market analysis from Spherix Global Insights.
Higher gamma-glutamyl transferase levels predict greater systemic sclerosis risk
Patients with higher levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase, and particularly men, demonstrate a significantly higher risk for systemic sclerosis, according to data published in Nature Scientific Reports.
Interstitial lung disease can develop ‘in any stage’ of systemic sclerosis
SAN DIEGO — Shortness of breath, male sex, age and elevated inflammatory markers are all more predictive of new interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis than disease duration, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.
Nearly 60% of women with systemic sclerosis say disease harms sexual health
PHILADELPHIA — Nearly 60% of women with systemic sclerosis reported that their sexuality was negatively impacted by their disease, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.
'Waste of energy': One-third of connective tissue disease RCTs never completed, published
One out of three registered randomized controlled trials on connective tissue diseases are never completed or published, representing a “waste of energy or resources” that may skew meta-analyses, according to researchers.