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SUBMITTER: Khanna D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2884006 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology 20100601 3
Systemic sclerosis has the highest case-specific mortality of any of the auto-immune rheumatic diseases, as well as causing major morbidity. It is a major clinical challenge and one that has previously provoked substantial nihilism due to the limited therapeutic options available and the perceived lack of evidence for clinical effectiveness of those treatments that are currently in use. However, this situation is changing; there are emerging data supporting efficacy for some treatment approaches ...[more]