Systemic sclerosis in childhood: Clinical and immunologic features of 153 patients in an international database
Arthritis & Rheumatism2006Vol. 54(12), pp. 3971–3978
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Giorgia Martini, Ivan Foeldvari, Ricardo Russo, Rubén Cuttica, A. Eberhard, Angelo Ravelli, Thomas J A Lehman, Sheila Knupp Feitosa de Oliveira, Gordana Sušić, Galina Lyskina, Dana Němcová, Robert P. Sundel, Fernanda Falcini, Herman Girschick, Ana P. N. Lotito, Antonella Buoncompagni, Flávio Sztajnbok, Sulaiman M. Al‐Mayouf, I Orbán, Clodoveo Ferri, Balu H. Athreya, Patricia Woo, Francesco Zulian
Abstract
This study provides information on the largest collection of patients with juvenile SSc ever reported. Juvenile SSc appears to be less severe than in adults because children have less internal organ involvement, a less specific autoantibody profile, and a better long-term outcome.
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