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Incidence and Clinical Course of COVID-19 in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Descriptive Observational Analysis
Ennio Giulio Favalli, Elena Agape and Roberto Caporali
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2020, jrheum.200507; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200507
Ennio Giulio Favalli
From the Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute; Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute; Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. The current analysis is part of a project to collect observational data from rheumatological patients followed at the ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Gaetano Pini Institute with approval number 141/2010. All included patients signed informed consent to participate in the data collection. Address correspondence to Dr. E.G. Favalli, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, Via Gaetano Pini 9, 20122 Milan, Italy. E-mail address: enniofavalli@me.com
Elena Agape
From the Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute; Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute; Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. The current analysis is part of a project to collect observational data from rheumatological patients followed at the ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Gaetano Pini Institute with approval number 141/2010. All included patients signed informed consent to participate in the data collection. Address correspondence to Dr. E.G. Favalli, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, Via Gaetano Pini 9, 20122 Milan, Italy. E-mail address: enniofavalli@me.com
Roberto Caporali
From the Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute; Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute; Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. The current analysis is part of a project to collect observational data from rheumatological patients followed at the ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Gaetano Pini Institute with approval number 141/2010. All included patients signed informed consent to participate in the data collection. Address correspondence to Dr. E.G. Favalli, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, Via Gaetano Pini 9, 20122 Milan, Italy. E-mail address: enniofavalli@me.com
Abstract
The outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 in China has very quickly become a global health emergency, with almost 2 million infected patients worldwide1. Along with the spread of the pandemic, there has been growing concern about the management of fragile patients with rheumatic conditions.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 4
1 Apr 2024
Incidence and Clinical Course of COVID-19 in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Descriptive Observational Analysis
Ennio Giulio Favalli, Elena Agape, Roberto Caporali
The Journal of Rheumatology Apr 2020, jrheum.200507; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.200507