Isolated diffusing capacity reduction in
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Virginia D. Steen; Galen Graham; Claudia Conte; Gregory Owens; Thomas A. Medsger
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Objective: To determine the long-term outcome of patients with systemic sclerosis (ssc) and an isolated reduction in the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (dlco) at the time of initial evaluation. ## Methods: Patients with an isolated reduction in dlco (i.e., normal forced vital capacity