학술논문
Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on an Italian cohort of systemic sclerosis patients.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*COVID-19 pandemic
*SYSTEMIC scleroderma
*COVID-19
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ISSN
0300-9742
Abstract
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has had a deleterious effect on the delivery of care for all acute and chronic medical conditions ([[1]]). Despite some patients complaining of symptoms potentially related to COVID-19, only one was referred to the emergency department and was admitted to the hospital after confirmation of COVID-19 pneumonia. Our findings do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the real incidence rate of COVID-19 in SSc; however, according to our data, SSc patients seem not to be at increased risk for developing severe COVID-19. [Extracted from the article]