World’s Top Doctors and Hospitals in Scleroderma Research and Treatment

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Feb. 7, 2014 - PRLog -- As part of its continuing program to highlight expertise and excellence in healthcare, Expertscape.com takes pleasure in recognizing the world’s top institutions and medical specialists scleroderma research and treatment. A chronic, systemic autoimmune disease affecting the body’s connective tissue, scleroderma can spread broadly and cause serious organ damage and death. Those with severe or rapidly progressing symptoms may benefit from a second opinion from someone with special and extensive interest in scleroderma.

Among the individual experts and institutions demonstrating particular expertise in scleroderma (http://www.expertscape.com/leaders/scleroderma), Expertscape.com would like to recognize the following eight for their pre-eminent contributions to its understanding and treatment:

Leading Experts, Worldwide – Scleroderma
1.Dr. Christopher Denton - Royal Free and University College Medical School
2.Dr. Marco Matucci-Cerinic - Universita degli Studi di Firenze
3.Dr. Yannick Allanore - Universite Paris 5 Descartes
4.Dr. Oliver Distler - University of Zurich
5.Dr. Jörg Distler - Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
6.Dr. Daniel Furst - UCLA
7.Dr. Luc Mouthon - Universite Paris 5 Descartes
8.Dr. Serena Guiducci - Universita degli Studi di Firenze

Leading Institutions, Worldwide – Scleroderma
1.Universite Paris 5 Descartes - France
2.Royal Free and University College Medical School - England
3.Johns Hopkins University
4.Universita degli Studi di Firenze - Italy
5.University of Texas Houston
6.UCLA
7.Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg - Germany
8.Northwestern University - Chicago

To view Expertscape’s comprehensive results for scleroderma, covering hundreds of institutions and thousands of specialists worldwide, please visit http://www.expertscape.com/ex/scleroderma+systemic.

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