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Updates on morphea: Role of vascular injury and advances in treatment

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Sartori-Valinotti, JC; Tollefson, MM; Reed, AM
Published in: Autoimmune Diseases
December 16, 2013

Morphea and systemic sclerosis are fibrosing disorders of the skin that share common inflammatory and immunologic pathways that are responsible for the vascular changes, increased collagen production, and extracellular matrix proliferation seen in both conditions. Recent advances in molecular biology techniques have furthered our knowledge of the potential underlying pathogenic mechanisms and offer new and provocative areas of research for novel diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. This review focuses on the role of vascular injury in the development of morphea, the use of ultrasonography as a diagnostic modality, and well-established and newly proposed treatments. © 2013 Julio C. Sartori-Valinotti et al.

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Autoimmune Diseases

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2090-0430

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December 16, 2013

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2013
 

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Sartori-Valinotti, J. C., Tollefson, M. M., & Reed, A. M. (2013). Updates on morphea: Role of vascular injury and advances in treatment. Autoimmune Diseases, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/467808
Sartori-Valinotti, J. C., M. M. Tollefson, and A. M. Reed. “Updates on morphea: Role of vascular injury and advances in treatment.” Autoimmune Diseases 2013 (December 16, 2013). https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/467808.
Sartori-Valinotti JC, Tollefson MM, Reed AM. Updates on morphea: Role of vascular injury and advances in treatment. Autoimmune Diseases. 2013 Dec 16;2013.
Sartori-Valinotti, J. C., et al. “Updates on morphea: Role of vascular injury and advances in treatment.” Autoimmune Diseases, vol. 2013, Dec. 2013. Scopus, doi:10.1155/2013/467808.
Sartori-Valinotti JC, Tollefson MM, Reed AM. Updates on morphea: Role of vascular injury and advances in treatment. Autoimmune Diseases. 2013 Dec 16;2013.

Published In

Autoimmune Diseases

DOI

EISSN

2090-0430

Publication Date

December 16, 2013

Volume

2013