Scleroderma prevalence: Demographic vari
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Bernatsky, S. ;Joseph, L. ;Pineau, C. A. ;Belisle, P. ;Hudson, M. ;Clarke, A. E.
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Objective To estimate the prevalence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) using population‐based administrative data, and to assess the sensitivity of case ascertainment approaches. ## Methods We ascertained SSc cases from Quebec physician billing and hospitalization databases (covering ∼7