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Characteristics of patients with early systemic sclerosis and severe gastrointestinal tract involvement.

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2007

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Emi Nishimagi, Akiko Tochimoto, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Takashi Satoh, Masataka Kuwana, Kae Takagi, Hisae Ichida, Tokiko Kanno, Makoto Soejima, Sayumi Baba,
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Abstract

Our findings strongly suggest the existence of a subgroup of SSc patients with severe GIT involvement in the early stage. Among the Japanese individuals, these patients never developed severe ILD, even though they were classified as having diffuse cutaneous SSc.