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C Nwankwo

Systemic Sclerosis in an Afro-Caribbean Population: A Review of Demographic and Clinical Features

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118–21
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A review of 27 Afro-Caribbean patients with systemic sclerosis illustrates a female preponderance and a younger age of onset than that described for Caucasians, Hispanics and Afro-Americans. There was a tendency to develop diffuse disease and telangiectasia occurred more frequently than is thought typical in black patients.


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Objective: To assess the clinical and selected demographic features of patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) seen over a 10-year period at the Rheumatology service of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. To compare these data with what is known to obtain in other ethnic populations.

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e-Published: 18 Jul, 2013
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