Systemic Vasculitis During the Course of Systemic Sclerosis
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Systemic Vasculitis During the Course of Systemic Sclerosis
Although the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) has been reported in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), the association of SSc and systemic vasculitis has rarely been described. We obtained information on cases of systemic vasculitis associated with SSc in France from the French Vasculitis Study Group and all members of the French Research Group on Systemic Sclerosis....
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0b013e31827781fd