title: Localized scleroderma or morphea?
abstract: Morphea is a frequently mild, benign, and self-limiting skin disease with a less than 1% reported chance of progressing to systemic scleroderma. Morphea is a sufficient and less terrifying name for these disorders than localized scleroderma.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schachner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic