Kevin Windirsch, Suzana Jordan, Mike Oliver Becker, Cosimo Bruni, Rucsandra Dobrota, Muriel Elhai, Ion-Alexandru Garaiman, Carmen-Marina Mihai, Michele Iudici, Paul Hasler, Camillo Ribi, Britta Maurer, Armando Gabrielli, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Oliver Distler
OBJECTIVES: Systemic sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease leading to microvascular and fibrotic manifestations in multiple organs. Several treatment options and recommendations from different European countries are available. In this study, for which the ambit is Switzerland specifically, we aim to describe the treatment patterns of systemic sclerosis patients with fibrotic manifestations. METHODS: Systemic sclerosis patients were selected from six Swiss tertiary centres recorded in the multicentre, prospective European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) registry...
February 6, 2024: Swiss Medical Weekly