Following the molecular pathways toward an understanding of the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis

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Jimenez, SA [1 ]
Derk, CT [1 ]
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[1] Thomas Jefferson Univ, Div Rheumatol, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
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10.7326/0003-4819-140-1-200401060-00010
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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This review discusses the clinical and physiologic principles of systemic sclerosis, a disease of unknown origin characterized by excessive deposition of Collagen and other connective tissue macromolecules in skin and many internal organs, prominent changes in the microvasculature, and humoral and cellular immunologic abnormalities.
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