Scleroderma overlap syndromes.
Overlap features with diffuse scleroderma are rare. More commonly, other connective tissue diseases have features usually seen in the systemic involvement of scleroderma. The limited form of scleroderma (CREST) has interesting associations with primary biliary cirrhosis, whereas mixed connective tissue disease evolves toward a scleroderma-like picture with advancing years.
Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
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