Functional impairment of systemic scleroderma patients with digital ulcerations: Results from the DUO registry

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.76, 2013, Pages

  Guillevin, Loïc ^a   Hunsche, Elke ^b   Denton, Christopher P ^c   Krieg, Thomas ^d   Schwierin, Barbara ^b   Rosenberg, Daniel ^b   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^e  

^a Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^b ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Activities of daily living; Burden of illness; Scleroderma; Self report; Skin ulcer; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIGITAL ULCER OUTCOME REGISTRY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINGER ULCER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; WORK DISABILITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FINGER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SELF REPORT; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84883760726     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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