Is vasculopathy associated with systemic sclerosis more severe

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Panopoulos, Stylianos T ^a   Bournia, Vasiliki Kalliopi ^a   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Digital ulcers; Renal crisis; Sex; Survival; Systemic sclerosis; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER ULCER; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTESTINE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SKIN ULCER; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84871889213     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120667     Document Type: Article

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