Meet the editor

Associate Professor Michal Tomčík, MD, PhD, is a young board-certified rheumatologist working at the Institute of Rheumatology in Prague, teaching pregraduate students and supervising postgraduate students at the Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. His PhD and associate professor theses were focused on novel targets of antifibrotic therapy in systemic sclerosis. He

is a member of the Czech Society for Rheumatology and EUSTAR. He is the author/ coauthor of over 65 publications, 15 book chapters, and two books. His interests in clinical and basic research comprise systemic sclerosis, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies, novel targets of antifibrotic therapy, biomarkers, non-pharmacological interventions, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk, body composition, and sexual dysfunctions.

Contents

Systemic Sclerosis

*by John W. Swisher and Shashank Kailash*

Renal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

*by Sabina Oreska and Michal Tomcik*

*by Ondřej Kodet and Sabína Oreská*

Systemic Sclerosis Mimics

*by Barbora Heřmánková*

*by Maja Špiritović*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 41**

**Chapter 3 63**

**Chapter 4 87**

**Chapter 5 115**

**Chapter 6 135**

*by Tomas Soukup, Jan Toms, Sabina Oreska, Eva Honsova and Roman Safranek*

Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: Overview,

Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

Biopsychosocial Aspects in Management of Scleroderma Patients

Neglected Aspects, Malnutrition, Body Composition and Management

Advances in Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with
