Pathologic observations in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma): a study of fifty-eight autopsy cases and fifty-eight matched controls
WA D'Angelo, JF Fries, AT Masi, LE Shulman - The American journal of …, 1969 - Elsevier
Fifty-eight autopsy cases of systemic sclerosis were compared with fifty-eight matched
controls to determine the extent, frequency and type of involvement in various organs. The
organs found to be frequently and significantly involved by this disease were the skin,
gastrointestinal tract, lungs, kidneys, skeletal muscle and pericardium. Myocardial and
pleural involvement was also present, but was less easy to separate from similar lesions
seen in matched controls. Specific involvement of the brain, anterior pituitary, cardiac valves …
controls to determine the extent, frequency and type of involvement in various organs. The
organs found to be frequently and significantly involved by this disease were the skin,
gastrointestinal tract, lungs, kidneys, skeletal muscle and pericardium. Myocardial and
pleural involvement was also present, but was less easy to separate from similar lesions
seen in matched controls. Specific involvement of the brain, anterior pituitary, cardiac valves …