Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

Abstract Number: 2479 • ACR Convergence 2025
REMS technology 5-y Imminent Fracture Risk in Systemic Sclerosis.
Fiorella Anna Lombardi¹, Edmund J MacLaughlin², Marco Di Paola¹, Maurizio Muratore³, Kathleen Methric⁴, Gianmarco Del Vecchio⁵, Giusy Peluso⁶, Ernesto Casciaro¹, Andrea Claudio Ştețco⁷, Francesco Conversano¹, Paola Pisani¹ and Sergio Casciaro¹, ¹Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Lecce, Puglia, Italy, ²Rheumatology Associates of Delmarva and BoneVue Diagnostics, Easton, MD, ³ASL- LE, "Vito Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Puglia, Italy, ⁴BoneVue Diagnostics, Catonsville, MD, ⁵Department of Research and Development, Echolight S.p.a., Lecce, Puglia, Italy, ⁶Department of Innovative Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Puglia, Italy, ⁷Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Puglia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SS) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, including lungs, heart and kidneys.…
Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association of the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome and GI symptoms in systemic sclerosis: An international, multi-center, observational study
Zsuzsanna McMahan¹, Swapna Joshi², Jennifer Labus², Arissa Young², Andrea Low³, Vanessa Smith⁴, Susanna Proudman⁵, Antonia Valenzuela⁶, Phoebe Hunter⁷, Kristofer Andréasson⁸, Ezinne Aja², Jonathan Jacobs² and Elizabeth Volkmann⁹, ¹UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³Singapore General Hospital, SingHealth; Duke-NUS, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁵Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Medindie, South Australia, Australia, ⁶Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ⁷Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁸Skåne University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: GI disease is highly prevalent in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and adversely affects quality of life and survival in SSc. The pathogenesis of GI disease…
Abstract Number: 0689 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of an Articular Activity Score in Systemic Sclerosis (ASSESS): Identifying Core Instruments for Disease Activity Assessment
Blaz Burja¹, Paco Welsing², Alain Lescoat³, Andreas Eisenring⁴, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁵, Claire Leroy David⁶, Dinesh Khanna⁷, Francesco Del Galdo⁸, Michele Iudici⁹, Janet Pope¹⁰, julia Spierings¹¹, Madelon Vonk¹², Marie-Elise Truchetet¹³, Martine Clergeau¹⁴, Michael Hughes¹⁵, Susan Murphy¹⁶, Tracy Frech¹⁷, Oliver Distler¹⁸ and Muriel Elhai¹⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³CHU Rennes - University Rennes, Rennes, France, ⁴Patient research partners, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Patient research partners, Sos, France, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, ¹⁰University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹²Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹³Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁴Patient research partners, Paris, France, ¹⁵Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Michigan, ¹⁷Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁹Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Schlieren, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory joint and/or tendon involvement affects up to 30% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), resulting in pain, reduced joint function, and impaired patients'…
Abstract Number: 2477 • ACR Convergence 2025
Current treatment Strategies in Systemic Sclerosis- Interstitial Lung Disease Patients: Real-World Insights from the EUSTAR Cohort (CP138)
Corrado Campochiaro¹, Marie-Elise Truchetet², Madelon Vonk³, Giacomo De Luca⁴, Giovanna Cuomo⁵, Lidia P Ananieva⁶, Eric Hachulla⁷, Vanessa Smith⁸, Ana Maria Gheorghiu⁹, Radim Bečvář¹⁰, Patricia E. Carreira¹¹, Nicolas Hunzelmann¹², Daniel Furst¹³, Vera Ortiz-Santamaria¹⁴, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁵, Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹⁶ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁷, ¹IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ³Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Precision Medicine, University Hospital Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy, ⁶A Nasonova Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁷University of Lille, LILLE, France, ⁸Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁹Spitalul Clinic Dr. Ion Cantacuzino, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Charles University,, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹¹Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ¹³Southern California Scleroderma and Rheumatology Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁴HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁶University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic landscape for systemic sclerosis- interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) has rapidly evolved over the past decade, with increasing adoption of immunosuppressive (IST) and…
Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR Convergence 2025
RESET-SSc: Clinical Trial Evaluating Rese-cel (Resecabtagene Autoleucel), A Fully Human, Autologous 4-1BB CD19-CAR T Cell Therapy in Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna¹, Monalisa Ghosh¹, Ankoor Shah², Sonali Bracken³, george georges⁴, Carrie Richardson⁵, Pei-Suen Tsou¹, Charles Ross⁶, Carleigh Zahn¹, Courtney Little⁷, Carl diCasoli⁷, Mikaela Raymond⁷, Adreeja GuhaRay⁷, Jenell Volkov⁷, Daniel Nunez⁷, Thomas Furmanak⁷, Jason Stadanlick⁷, Larissa Ishikawa⁷, Zachary Vorndran⁷, Alexandra Ellis⁷, Jazmean Williams⁷, Steve Flanagan⁷, Quynh Lam⁸, Domenick Braccia⁸, Fatemeh Hadi-Nezhad⁸, Raj Tummala⁸, Samik Basu⁷ and David Chang⁹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA, Apex, NC, ⁴Northwestern Medicine, Evanston, IL, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁷Cabaletta Bio, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Cabaletta Bio, Philadelphia, ⁹Cabaletta Bio, Bryn Mawr, PA
Background/Purpose: The treatment goals for systemic sclerosis (SSc) are to control disease activity, limit progression of organ damage and decrease long-term morbidity and mortality. Therapies…
Abstract Number: 0685 • ACR Convergence 2025
Targeting Refractory Reflux in Systemic Sclerosis: Early Outcomes following a Novel Intervention
Areeka Memon¹, Monique Hinchcliff² and Amir Masoud³, ¹Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ³Hartford Healthcare, hartford
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms impact up to 90% of individuals with SSc. Hiatal hernia, decreased esophageal contractility, and lower esophageal sphincter tone contribute to…
Abstract Number: 2476 • ACR Convergence 2025
Blinatumomab in rapid progressive systemic sclerosis
Christina Gebhardt¹, Franziska Szelinski², Hector Rincon-Arevalo², Giulia Magno³, Veit Buecklein³, Gerulf Haenel⁴, Gerhard Zugmaier⁵, Michael von Bergwelt³, Marion Subklewe³, Thomas Dörner⁶, Alla Skapenko⁷ and Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁷, ¹LMU Hospital, Division for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, München, Germany, ²Charite Universitétsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ³LMU Klinikum, Med. Klinik und Poliklinik III, Munich, Germany, ⁴LMU Gene Center, Munich, Germany, ⁵Amgen, Munich, Germany, ⁶Charite Universitétsmedizin Berlin, Germany and DRFZ, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷LMU Hospital, Division for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Munich, Bayern, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis is a severe, potentially fatal disease, characterized by progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs. Blinatumomab is a bispecific CD3/CD19-T-cell engager (BiTe)…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vasodilation with Prostanoids Influences Progression of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a EUSTAR Cohort Study
adela cristina sarbu¹, Liubov Petelytska², lorenzo tofani³, Gianluca Moroncini⁴, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁵, elisabetta zanatta⁶, Jörg Henes⁷, paolo airò⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁹, Ana Maria Gheorghiu¹⁰, antonella marcoccia¹¹, branimir Anić¹², Jelena Colic¹³, Daniel Furst¹⁴, julia Spierings¹⁵, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁶, Britta Maurer¹⁷, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁸, Oliver Distler¹⁹ and Cosimo Bruni²⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. • Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, bern, Swaziland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. • Dept Internal Medicine #³, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, firenze, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Marche University Hospital, Clinica Medica, Ancona, Italy, Ancona, Italy, ⁵• Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Tecchnion, Haifa, Israel, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Padova University Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Padova, Italy, padova, Italy, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, brescia, Italy, ⁹University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Spitalul Clinic Dr. Ion Cantacuzino, Bucharest, Romania, ¹¹Centro di Riferimento Interdisciplinare per la Sclerosi Sistemica (CRIIS), Roma, Italy, rome, Italy, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia, zagreb, Croatia, ¹³Institute of Rheumatology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹⁴Southern California Scleroderma and Rheumatology Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁸Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²⁰University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although most vasoactive vasodilating drugs (VVDs) exert anti-fibrotic effects in pre-clinical studies, randomized controlled trials assessing their efficacy in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease…
Abstract Number: 0683 • ACR Convergence 2025
Symptom-Based Clustering of Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Ali Ayla¹, Ernesto Calderon Martinez², Meng Zhang³, Claudia Pedroza⁴, Bingrui Chen⁵, Ashish Balar⁵, Michael Hughes⁶, Silvia Bellando Randone⁷, Brian Skaug¹, Maureen Mayes⁸, Shervin Assassi⁹ and Zsuzsanna McMahan¹⁰, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston, Houston, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, ⁴UTHealth Houston Institute for Clinical Research & Learning Health Care, Texas, TX, ⁵UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁸UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ¹⁰UT Health Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Virtually all patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) experience gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations over the course of their disease, affecting any region from the mouth to…
Abstract Number: 2472 • ACR Convergence 2025
Digesting the data: tracking gastro-intestinal manifestations in systemic sclerosis over time
Cosimo Bruni¹, Jasmin Klöti², Aurora Maria Tatu³, Lea Stamm², Rucsandra Dobrota⁴, Muriel Elhai⁵, Mike Becker⁶, Sinziana Muraru⁷, Gesa Sauer⁸, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁹, Oliver Distler¹⁰ and Carina Mihai¹¹, ¹University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, ⁸⁰⁹¹, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is among the most frequent organ manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc), yet the timing of presentation of GI manifestations remains incompletely…
Abstract Number: 1561 • ACR Convergence 2025
Usefulness of HRCT in screening of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis without risk factors of clinical suspicion
Carlos de la Puente-Bujidos¹, Antia Garcia Fernandez², Verónica García García¹, Jesús Loarce³ and Sandra Garrote-Corral¹, ¹Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: In 2019 a European expert consensus suggested that all patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) should be screened with HRCT for interstitial lung disease (ILD)…
Abstract Number: 0674 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantitative Imaging in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Receiving Sodium Thiosulfate for Calcinosis Cutis
Ian Odell¹, Crystal Cheung¹, Megan Wu², Stephanie Perez³, Agrani Dixit⁴, Cassandra van Horn³, Muhammad Hamdan⁵, Baran Gunes⁶, Sophia Kujawski⁷, Hyojeong Lee³, Annie Wang³, Denise Esserman⁸, Michael Zamani⁹, F. Perry Wilson³, John Onofrey³, Xenophon Papademetris³ and Monique Hinchcliff¹⁰, ¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale University School of Medicine, Greenville, ³Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, ⁴Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Yale University School of Medicine, Mansfield, ⁶Yale University School of Medicine, Pompton Plains, NJ, ⁷The George Washington University, New Haven, CT, ⁸Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, ⁹Independent Statistician, Washington D.C., ¹⁰Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis (CC) is a disabling skin condition associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although many CC treatments including sodium thiosulfate (STS) have been proposed,…
Abstract Number: 1865 • ACR Convergence 2025
Shared and unique molecular signatures across different autoantibody groups in systemic sclerosis: a multi-omics analysis
Hanlin Yin¹, Wanyi Lin², Zhangyi zhao¹, Chenhan Jia¹ and Liangjing Lu¹, ¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are detected in over 95% of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Compared to cutaneous subtype classification, autoantibody-based stratification more accurately predicts survival,…
Abstract Number: 1557 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between Thoracic Muscle and Fat Area and Density and Pulmonary Function in Systemic Sclerosis
Aradhna Agarwal¹, Niki Pradhan¹, James St. Clair², Dinesh Khanna³ and Elana Bernstein⁴, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Little is known about the association between body composition and…
Abstract Number: 0880 • ACR Convergence 2025
Detecting Interstitial Lung Disease and Identifying Extensive Disease on Chest Computed Tomography in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Cut-Offs for Lung Texture Analysis and its Prognostic Implications
Nicholas landini¹, lisa Jungblut², cecilia strappa³, Christian Blüthgen², Rucsandra Dobrota⁴, Muriel Elhai⁵, Carina Mihai⁶, Sinziana Muraru-Carbune², Martina Orlandi⁷, mariaelena Occhipinti⁸, Khadija El-Aoufy⁹, Gemma Lepri¹⁰, valeria panebianco¹¹, anna rita larici³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹², Cosimo Nardi¹³, Serena Guiducci¹⁴, Silvia Bellando-Randone¹⁵, Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹⁶, Thomas Frauenfelder², Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁸, ¹Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Rueil Malmaison, France, ²Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ³Advanced Radiology Center, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Oncological Radiotherapy, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy, rome, Italy, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁶University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, Italy., modena, Italy, ⁸Division of Radiology, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy., pisa, Italy, ⁹Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., firenze, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy., Florence, Italy, ¹¹Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy., Rome, Italy, ¹²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. ², University of Florence - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Scleroderma Unit, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, Pistoia, Italy, ¹⁵University of Florence, Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁶University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁸University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), especially in case of extensive disease detected on…

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