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1Specialist in rheumatology, Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Alemán; Consultorio de Raynaud, Esclerodermia e Hipertensión Arterial Pulmonar, Sanatorio San José, Ciudad Autónomade Buenos Aires, Argentina. alejandro.nitsche@gmail.com
Abstract:
Raynaud, digital ulcers and calcinosis are frequent manifestations of patients with systemic sclerosis. Digital ulcers are seen in more than half of the patients with scleroderma. Hospitalizations, ischemic complications and impairment of hand function are frequently observed in patients with digital ulcers, especially if treatment is delayed. Rapid and intensive treatment escalation in patients with scleroderma and refractory Raynaud's phenomenon is one of the most effective preventive action available in order to avoid the development of digital ulcers and tissue loss.
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