Localized scleroderma – current treatment options
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Treatment options for localized scleroderma.
Localized scleroderma, or morphea, is a chronic disease that causes a thickening and induration of the skin. For plaque type morphea, the treatments of choice include super-potent corticosteroids and calcipotriol. For the more generalized forms, as well as the linear forms, UVA is currently the best therapeutic modality. Patients with localized scleroderma are managed by both rheumatologists an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology Review
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0033-2526
DOI: 10.5114/dr.2017.71833