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Systemic scleroderma in Greece: low mortality and strong linkage with HLA-DRB1*1104 allele.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 May 2000
Vlachoyiannopoulos P G, Dafni U G, Pakas I, Spyropoulou-Vlachou M, Stavropoulos-Giokas C, Moutsopoulos H M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Description of Greek patients with scleroderma with reference to (a) major organ disease, (b) autoantibodies, (c) survival rate, and (d) HLA associations. METHODS: The clinical files of 254 patients were analysed retrospectively and a standardised clinical chart was completed with age at disease onset, sex, date of first and last visit, clinical and serological findings, organs affected, reasons for...
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