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Is there a role for cyclophosphamide in refractory digital ischemia in patients with scleroderma?

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Rheumatology · Mayo Clinic
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The vascular disease in Scleroderma (Systemic sclerosis/SSc) is characterized by vasospasm, a proliferative vasculopathy with intimal hyperplasia, thrombosis and/or occlusive (fibro-obliterative) arterial disease with near blockage of the vascular lumen in many cases and impaired ang...

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