Epidemiology of systemic sclerosis and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease

• Published in: Clinical epidemiology Vol. 11; pp. 257 - 273
• Main Authors: Bergamasco, Aurore, Hartmann, Nadine, Wallace, Laura, Verpillat, Patrice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.04.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Bibliographic data bases; Canada; Clinical medicine; Development and progression; Diseases; Epidemiology; France; Germany; Health aspects; interstitial lung disease; Lung diseases; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Mortality; North America; Norway; Online databases; Original Research; Pharmaceutical industry; Respiratory tract diseases; Scleroderma; Scleroderma (Disease); Spain; Systematic review; systemic sclerosis; United Kingdom; Canada; Norway; United Kingdom; France; North America; Germany; Spain; Europe; epidemiology; interstitial lung disease; systemic sclerosis

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). To further understand this patient population, we present the first systematic review on the epidemiology of SSc and SSc-associated ILD (SSc-ILD). Bibliographic databases and web sour...