Objectives We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the incidence
and prevalence of SSc covering the entire literature. Methods This study followed the …

Interstitial lung disease is a common pulmonary manifestation of connective tissue diseases
and results in significant morbidity and mortality. Although all connective tissue diseases are …

Background To identify the prognostic factors for survival in patients with interstitial
pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) who meet the serological domain of the IPAF …

The clinical spectrum and prognosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) seem to vary among
patients' populations recruited during different time periods. In order to verify this possible …

Objective Patients with systemic sclerosis and both pulmonary hypertension and interstitial
lung disease (SSc–PH‐ILD) generally carry a worse prognosis than patients with SSc and …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disease that mainly affects the skin,
lungs, gastrointestinal tract, heart and kidneys. Pulmonary disease in patients with SSc is …

BACKGROUND: Although systemic sclerosis (SSc) with interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is
a serious condition and incurs a substantial clinical burden, the epidemiology has not been …

Objective To assess interstitial lung disease (ILD) risk among patients newly diagnosed with
systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Background and objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common pulmonary
manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc). It is unknown whether radiographic fibrosis score …

Objective To characterize cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and outcomes among incident
cases of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a population-based cohort. Methods Medical records of …