Many scleroderma symptoms resemble the symptoms of a number of conditions, which means it can take longer to find out if scleroderma is the cause or which of the different types of scleroderma is ...

These guidelines on oesophageal manometry and gastro-oesophageal reflux monitoring supersede those produced in 2006. Since 2006 there have been significant technological advances, in particular, the ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis (SSc) usually affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (up to ~90%), but severe lower GI dysmotility and intestinal pseudo- obstruction are uncommon, occurring in ...

Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare chronic autoimmune disease with heterogeneous manifestations. In the last decade, several clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate new treatment ...

Esophageal diverticulum is a fairly rare condition. Treatment is usually only needed if you have other underlying conditions or it becomes severe. Here’s what you need to know. A diverticulum is a ...

Purpose: The optimal treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a challenge because the pathogenesis of SSc is unclear and it is an uncommon and clinically heterogeneous disease affecting multiple organ ...

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If the muscles in your esophagus, the tube that connects the mouth with the stomach, don’t function properly, your doctor might recommend esophageal manometry to test why this is happening. Esophageal ...

The purpose of this guideline is to assist nuclear medicine practitioners in recommending, performing, interpreting, and reporting the results of gastric-emptying and motility studies in adults.

EXTENSIVE clinical data have been accumulated during recent years that support the view that scleroderma is a systemic disease. In addition to cutaneous involvement, which remains the cardinal ...

Scleroderma is a group of conditions affecting approximately 300,000 people in the United States. The term scleroderma comes from the Greek skleros, meaning hard, and derma, meaning skin. When ...

High-resolution esophageal manometry should be considered in symptomatic patients with rheumatoid diseases despite normal barium esophagram results. More than half of patients with rheumatic diseases ...