Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, causes the hardening of skin and connective tissues. Often, the disease harms other ...

Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) was once a uniformly fatal complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc ... including permanent dialysis and death. Early recognition and treatment with angiotensin ...

a process that can ultimately end in organ failure and even death because ... African Americans have more severe complications from systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, than Caucasians.

Because it is rare (the incidence rate for the systemic form is estimated to be 19 new cases per year per 1 million adults), many nurses and physicians have only read about scleroderma.