Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma: Distinct features in a large Brazilian cohort

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1520-1524

  Marangoni, Roberta Gonçalves ^a   Rocha, Luiza Fuoco ^a   Del Rio, Ana Paula T ^b   Yoshinari, Natalino H ^a   Marques Neto, João Francisco ^b   Sampaio Barros, Percival D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; FINGER ULCER; FOLLOW UP; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MYOSITIS; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS SINE SCLERODERMA; TELANGIECTASIA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS SINE SCLERODERMA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84880604950     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket163     Document Type: Article

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