Lesley Ann Saketkoo, Jessica K Gordon, Kim Fligelstone, Anne Mawdsley, Humza A Chaudhry, Antonia Valenzuela, Angela Christensen, Samara M Khalique, Kelly Jensen, Sophia C Weinmann, Evan Busman, Lorinda Chung, Vivien M Hsu, Anne-Marie Russell, Virginia D Steen
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) -related calcinosis can be a debilitating, constantly painful, poorly understood vascular complication of calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in soft tissue structures that affects approximately 40% of both limited and diffuse cutaneous SSc subtypes. This publication describes the iterative and multitiered international qualitative investigations that yielded remarkable insights into natural history, daily experience, and complications of SSc-calcinosis providing pivotal information for health management...
May 2023: Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America