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Relationship between cutaneous and pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis.

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1997

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S Morelli, Cláudio Henrique Barbieri, Alessandro Sgreccia, Luigi Ferrante, Valerio Pittoni, F Conti, Gian Franco Gualdi, E Polettini, O A Carlesimo, Stefano Calvieri
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Abstract

Extent and severity of cutaneous and pulmonary involvement in SSc are not directly correlated. Nevertheless, different patterns of pulmonary involvement between SSc subgroups were observed. Restrictive lung disease was more frequent in patients with dSSc, while a trend to higher prevalence of pulmonary hypertension was observed in patients with lSSc.