Improving life expectancy of patients with scleroderma: results from the South Australian Scleroderma Register

Background Scleroderma is a rare connective tissue disorder characterised by inflammation, vasculopathy and excessive fibrosis. Patients with scleroderma are known to have decreased life expectancy. Aim To investigate changes in life expectancy in patients with scleroderma over a 30‐year period. Met...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal medicine journal 2018-08, Vol.48 (8), p.951-956
Hauptverfasser:	Kennedy, Nicholas, Walker, Jenny, Hakendorf, Paul, Roberts‐Thomson, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Female Females Fibrosis Humans Life expectancy Life Expectancy - trends Life span Male Middle Aged mortality Patient Discharge - trends Registries Retrospective Studies SASR Scleroderma Scleroderma, Systemic - diagnosis Scleroderma, Systemic - mortality Sex differences South Australia - epidemiology Survival Survival Rate - trends Systemic sclerosis Vascular diseases
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