Severity and impact of digestive impairment perceived by patients with systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

L Cano-García, R Redondo-Rodríguez… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To describe the severity and impact of gastrointestinal involvement in patients
with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and identify associated factors. Patients and methods Non …

Lower gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis: a population-based study

K Franck-Larsson, W Graf… - European journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective To investigate the frequency and nature of bowel symptoms in a population-based
cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), compared with healthy controls, and to …

Gastrointestinal manifestations on impaired quality of life in systemic sclerosis

H Yang, D Xu, MT Li, Y Yao, M Jin… - Journal of Digestive …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To analyze the impact of gastrointestinal manifestations on quality of life in
patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and to provide clinical evidence for their early …

Assessment of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis in a UK tertiary referral centre

NM Thoua, C Bunce, G Brough, A Forbes… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is affected in up to 90% of patients with SSc to a
variable extent and severity. We aimed to establish the frequency and range of …

[PDF][PDF] Gastrointestinal involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis

E Wielosz, O Borys, I Zychowska… - Pol Arch Med Wewn, 2010 - scholar.archive.org
IntroductIon Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is a serious complication of systemic sclerosis
(SSc). objectIves The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of GI manifestations in …

Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis: pathogenesis, assessment and treatment

ER Volkmann, Z McMahan - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Here, we provide important updates pertaining to the risk stratification, assessment,
diagnosis and management of SSc patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. These findings …

Cross‐sectional study using the University of California, Los Angeles, Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract Instrument 2.0 (UCLA SCTC GIT …

S Hisada, S Takeuchi, T Tozawa, Y Yamada… - The Journal of … - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to identify severe gastrointestinal ailments in patients with systemic
sclerosis (SSc), investigate the role of antibodies in gastrointestinal disorders, and explore …

Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis

E Savarino, M Furnari, N de Bortoli, I Martinucci… - La Presse Médicale, 2014 - Elsevier
Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune chronic disease characterised by microvascular,
muscular and immunologic abnormalities that lead to progressive and systemic deposition …

Digestive tract involvement in systemic sclerosis

KP Tiev, J Cabane - Autoimmunity reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Conclusion Gastro-intestinal tract involvement hampers the patients with SSc and impairs
their quality of life. To relieve symptoms due to decreased intestinal peristalsis and GI tract …

Management of intestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis

FA Wollheim, A Åkesson - JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is, as all know, an autoimmune disease that may affect most organ
systems and that has vascular and fibrotic manifestations. Increased mortality is dominated …