Research ArticleAccepted Article
Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated with Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter, Aileen Hoffmann, Carrie Richardson, David Aaby, Jungwha Lee, Jane Dematte, Rishi Agrawal, Hatice Savas, Xiaoping Wu, Rowland W. Chang and Monique Hinchcliff
The Journal of Rheumatology July 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210533
Kimberly Showalter
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Aileen Hoffmann
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Carrie Richardson
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
David Aaby
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Jungwha Lee
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Jane Dematte
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Rishi Agrawal
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Hatice Savas
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Xiaoping Wu
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Rowland W. Chang
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
Monique Hinchcliff
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine 240 E. Huron Street, Suite 1-200 Chicago, IL 60611; Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 535 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 240 E. Huron Street Suite M-300 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine 680 N. Lake Shore Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Public Health and Medicine 633 N St. Clair 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 240 E Huron, McGaw M-300; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Radiology 251 E. Huron Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611; hNew York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1305 York Ave, 10th floor, Y-1053 New York, NY 10065; Yale School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology The Anlyan Center 300 Cedar Street PO Box 208031 New Haven, CT 06520. Financial support: Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KK, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. Corresponding author: Monique Hinchcliff, MD MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy, Rheumatology & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu
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Accepted manuscript
Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated with Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter, Aileen Hoffmann, Carrie Richardson, David Aaby, Jungwha Lee, Jane Dematte, Rishi Agrawal, Hatice Savas, Xiaoping Wu, Rowland W. Chang, Monique Hinchcliff
The Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210533
Accepted manuscript
Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated with Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter, Aileen Hoffmann, Carrie Richardson, David Aaby, Jungwha Lee, Jane Dematte, Rishi Agrawal, Hatice Savas, Xiaoping Wu, Rowland W. Chang, Monique Hinchcliff
The Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210533