Survival is improving in systemic sclerosis: true or false?

Editorial

Janet E Pope. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012 Jun.

. 2012 Jun;51(6):959-61.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes037. Epub 2012 Mar 24.

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