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One of the goals is to reduce longer-term complications.

"So we need to recognize the puffy hand sign and intervene based on skin disease alone – even if they don’t have active internal involvement, because that’s really the time when, hopefully, we can make a difference in these patients," she said.

Dr. Vleugels reported having no disclosures.

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