Mortality in systemic sclerosis: lessons learned from population-based and observational cohort studies.

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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) has a case-based mortality that is one of the highest among the rheumatic diseases. This article is an appraisal of current knowledge regarding survival, causes of death and risk factors for reduced life-expectancy in systemic sclerosis (SSc).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Curr Opin Rheumatol

Title: Current opinion in rheumatology

ISSN (Electronic): 1531-6963

ISSN (Print): 1040-8711

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2014

Volume: 26

Issue: 2

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[1 ] aDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia bDivision of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000027

PubMed ID: 24441644

SO-VID: 4c9e718d-6ed1-4b19-ba5f-d5cec7fac1cc

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