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Klee suffered from a wasting disease, scleroderma.
Morphea-- The most common form of localized scleroderma.
Dana Lovvorn has written: 'Scleroderma' -- subject(s): Scleroderma (Disease)
You describe two common symptoms of scleroderma.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Scleroderma geaster.
The type known as localized scleroderma mainly affects the skin. Systemic scleroderma, which is also called systemic sclerosis, affects the smaller blood vessels and internal organs of the body.
Scleroderma
CREST syndrome
The cause of scleroderma is still a puzzle.researchers do not know why it occurs.Some claims of a scleroderma-like illness have been made by women with silicone breast implants, but a link has not been proven in numerous studies.
There are two major forms of the disorder. The type known as localized scleroderma mainly affects the skin. Systemic scleroderma, which is also called systemic sclerosis, affects the smaller blood vessels and internal organs of the body.
Certain medications, especially a drug used in cancer treatment called bleomycin (Blenoxane), may lead to scleroderma