Morbidity and mortality of patients diagnosed with systemic sclerosis after the age of 75: A nested case-control study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 831-834

  Derk, Chris T ^a   Artlett, Carol M ^a   Jimenez, Sergio A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Old age; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis; Tissue fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749173490     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0177-y     Document Type: Article

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