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Main causes evolve from active vasculitis initially to wide range of complications

Benefits persist for joints and skin

Nail involvement often overlooked

High levels associated with all-cause and cardiovascular death

A 59% increase since 2006, while rheumatoid arthritis hospitalizations halved

Patients with prevalent vascular disease have particularly high risk

Death rates are highest among girls -- up to 50-fold greater than in the general population.

Almost 60% improved at 3 months, yet 20% worsened at 6 months.

LIVERPOOL -- Cardiac MRI could help provide diagnostic information about potential arrhythmogenic events among patients with scleroderma being considered for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a researcher said here.

LIVERPOOL -- Life expectancy among patients with rheumatoid arthritis has increased dramatically over the past 25 years, a researcher reported here.

BIRMINGHAM, England -- Patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome are prone to develop serious complications over the long term, despite the presumption that this is a relatively benign autoimmune disease, a 25-year review found.