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Scleroderma
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Testing in scleroderma
Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF)
100
This SRF Board Member starred in a 1990's sitcom about an unconventional family in San Francisco
Who is Bob Saget
100
This is a benign subset of limited systemic slcerosis
What is CREST syndrome?
100
PH stands for this
What is Pulmonary Hypertension?
100
This shows terminal phalangeal tuft resorption, calcification and joint space narrowing and erosion
What are hand x-rays?
100
This is the founding year of the Scleroderma Research Foundation
What is 1987?
200
This actress starred in a 1996 TV movie about a woman fighting scleroderma
Who is Dana Delany
200
This is a symptom where the fingers turn pale or blue upon cold exposure
What is Raynaud's Phenomenon?
200
This is the third leading cause of death in the US
What is autoimmune disease?
200
This shows bilateral basilar pulmonary fibrosis
What are chest x-rays?
200
A scleroderma patient, she was the founder of the SRF
Who is Sharon Monsky?
300
This Top Chef is the longest-standing SRF Board Member to date
Who is Susan Feniger?
300
This is scar tissue in the lungs that interferes with breathing
What is pulmonary fibrosis?
300
The thickening of connective tissue around blood vessels causes the coexistence of PH and this disease
What is scleroderma
300
This can show decreased diffusion and vital capacity
What is a pulmonary function study?
400
This Stanford University graduate and faculty is Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Who is Dr. James Chang
400
This is high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs
What is pulmonary hypertension?
400
This is the estimated number of cases of scleroderma in the US
What is 300,000?
400
This shows changes such as marked thickening of the dermis and occlusive vessel changes
What is skin biopsy?
500
This Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford initiated and developed the Stanford Scleroderma Center of Excellence
Who is Dr. Lorinda Chung?
500
This is a deposit of calcium just under the skin
What is calcinosis?
500
This is the percentage of female scleroderma patients
What is 80%
500
This shows non specific abnormalities related to myocardial fibrosis and possible arrhythmias
What is an electrocardiogram?
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