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dermatosclerosis

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der·ma·to·scle·ro·sis (dûrm-t-skl-rss)
n.

dermatosclerosis
[-sklərō′sis]
Etymology: Gk, derma + sklerosis, hardening
a skin disease characterized by fibrous thickening of the skin. See also scleroderma.

dermatosclerosis (dur´mtōsklrō´sis),
dermatosclerosis

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Q. Is anybody treated with Humira for child's scleroderma? A girl, age 14, treated with Humira for scleroderma. Medication is currently not supported by health care services due to lack of pervasive support for clinical results. Before trying Humira, the girl was treated with Omrigam. This did not help, while now with Humira she is finally able to walk again.Humira is expensive. If somebody else is in the "same boat" please reply

A. i myself never used it, but i saw in Arthritis forum a lot of personal experience notes, maybe it'll help you:
http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=1

Q. what is scleroderma?

A. thank god for "wikipedia" :) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma

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