Parental Influence on Systemic Sclerosis

[An update on systemic sclerosis].

Systemic sclerosis affects multiple internal organs and systems and is characterized by high clinical variability. Early diagnosis of the disease itself and of organ involvement plays a key role in the management of systemic sclerosis. The prognosis for each patient is equally important. In recent years there has been significant progress in our understanding of the pathogenesis and clinical co...

High frequency skin ultrasonography in systemic sclerosis

Background: Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder which is characterised by cutaneous and internal organ fibrosis. Raynaud’s phenomenon is the earliest feature and may precede the onset of the disease by months to years. The heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and other organs may be involved. Our aim was to evaluate skin thickness and echogenicity in systemic...

Parenting in context: systemic thinking about parental conflict and its influence on children.

Fauber and Long's (1991) overview of research on family therapy with children is a valuable integration of the literatures on the family correlates of and treatments for childhood disorders. Several concerns apply to some of the inferences they draw from risk research, however. Their assertion that various sources of family distress have effects that are mediated primarily through parenting is ...

Systemic Sclerosis –

Systemic sclerosis.