## Abstract ## Objective Large descriptive studies of pain in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are lacking. The present study estimated prevalence, severity, and associations between SSc clinical variables and pain in all patients with SSc and in limited cutaneous (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc) sub
Activation of the complement system in systemic sclerosis. Relationship to clinical severity
β Scribed by Giorgio Senaldi; Salvatore Lupoli; Diego Vergani; Carol M. Black
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 555 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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