Localized morphea
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Localized morphea is a form of scleroderma
that is twice as common in women as in men, occurs in childhood as well as in adult life, and most often presents as macules or plaques a few centimeters in diameter, but also may occur as bands or in guttate lesions or nodules.
Scleroderma
Systemic sclerosis or systemic scleroderma is a systemic autoimmune disease or systemic connective tissue disease that is a subtype of scleroderma.-Skin symptoms:...
that is twice as common in women as in men, occurs in childhood as well as in adult life, and most often presents as macules or plaques a few centimeters in diameter, but also may occur as bands or in guttate lesions or nodules.