Ivan Foeldvari, Kathryn S Torok, Jordi Antón, Michael Blakley, Tamás Constantin, Maurizio Cutolo, Christopher P Denton, Kim Fligelstone, Bernd Hinrichs, Suzanne C Li, Susan Maillard, Edoardo Marrani, Pia Moinzadeh, Catherine H Orteu, Clare E Pain, John D Pauling, Clarissa Pilkington, Franziska Rosser, Vanessa Smith, Daniel F Furst
INTRODUCTION: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is an orphan disease with a prevalence of 3 in 1,000,000 children. Currently there is only one consensus treatment guideline concerning skin, pulmonary and vascular involvement for jSSc, the jSSc SHARE (Single Hub and Access point for pediatric Rheumatology in Europe) initiative, which was based on data procured up to 2014. Therefore, an update of these guidelines, with a more recent literature and expert experience, and extension of the guidance to more aspects of the disease is needed...
December 27, 2023: Expert Review of Clinical Immunology