Posts Tagged ‘cutaneous-form’

Esophageal dysmotility in scleroderma: A prospective study of 183 cases

Monday, December 21st, 2009

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Summary Aims The goal of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of esophageal motor disorders in systemic sclerosis.

Differential dynamic properties of scleroderma fibroblasts in response to perturbation of environmental stimuli.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

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Diseases are believed to arise from dysregulation of biological systems (pathways) perturbed by environmental triggers. Biological systems as a whole are not just the sum of their components, rather ever-changing, complex and dynamic systems over time in response to internal and external perturbation. In the past, biologists have mainly focused on studying either functions of isolated genes or steady-states of small biological pathways