Associations with digital ulcers in a large cohort of systemic sclerosis: Results from the canadian scleroderma research group registry

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-149

  Khimdas, Sarit ^a   Harding, Sarah ^a   Bonner, Ash ^b   Zummer, Brittany ^a   Baron, Murray ^c   Pope, Janet ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DIGITAL ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGISTER; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULCER; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN ULCER; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 79952232131     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20336     Document Type: Article

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