Incidence of systemic sclerosis in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: A twenty-year study of hospital-diagnosed cases, 1963-1982

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 441-445

  Steen, Virginia D ^a   Oddis, Chester V ^b   Conte, Claudia G ^b   Janoski, Janine ^b   Casterline, Gayle Ziegler ^b   Medsger Jr , Thomas A ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030899033     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400309     Document Type: Article

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