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Approach to Systemic Sclerosis Patient Assessment

How Does Patient Subsetting Help?
  • Sindhu R. Johnson
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    Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Ground Floor, East Wing, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada

    Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Ivan Foeldvari
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    Centre for Treatment of Scleroderma and Uveitis in Childhood and Adolescence, Teaching Unit of the Asklepios Campus of the Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Hungary

    An der Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Dehnhaide 120, Hamburg 22081, Germany
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Published:March 01, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdc.2023.01.001

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