Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padua, Italy. zulian@pediatria.unipd.it
In this paper, the various systemic manifestations reported in localized scleroderma, their incidence, their relationship with systemic sclerosis, and their relationship with other autoimmune or connective tissue diseases will be analyzed.