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Mortality High in Patients With Systemic Scleroderma and Pulmonary Hypertension
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Mortality High in Patients With Systemic Scleroderma and Pulmonary Hypertension |
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/588140?src=rss |
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The prognosis for patients with systemic sclerosis complicated by pulmonary hypertension is "grim," particularly among African Americans and those with interstitial lung disease, physicians at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, report in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. Reuters Health Information |
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Articles > Rheumatology |
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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