Systemic sclerosis and the COVID-19 pandemic: World Scleroderma Foundation preliminary advice for patient management

Marco Matucci-Cerinic; Cosimo Bruni; Yannick Allanore; Massimo Clementi; Lorenzo Dagna; Nemanja S Damjanov; Amato de Paulis; Christopher P Denton; Oliver Distler; David Fox; Daniel E Furst; Dinesh Khanna; Thomas Krieg; Masataka Kuwana; Eun Bong Lee; Mengtao Li; Shiv Pillai; Yukai Wang; Xiaofeng Zeng; Gloria Taliani

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217407

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Systemic sclerosis and the COVID-19 pandemic: World Scleroderma Foundation preliminary advice for patient management

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Marco Matucci-Cerinic Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Toscana, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cosimo Bruni Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Toscana, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yannick Allanore Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Massimo Clementi Unit of Microbiology and Virology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Lombardia, Italy Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Lombardia, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lorenzo Dagna Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nemanja S Damjanov Rheumatology department, University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amato de Paulis Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher P Denton Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Oliver Distler Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Fox Rheumatology department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel E Furst Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Toscana, Italy Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA University of Washington, Seattle, Washington DC, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dinesh Khanna Rheumatology department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas Krieg Translational Matrix Biology, Medical Faculty, Cologne, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masataka Kuwana Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eun Bong Lee Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mengtao Li Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shiv Pillai Ragon Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yukai Wang Rheumatology department, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xiaofeng Zeng Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gloria Taliani Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze 50139, Italy; marco.matuccicerinic{at}unifi.it

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Matucci-Cerinic M, Bruni C, Allanore Y, et al

Systemic sclerosis and the COVID-19 pandemic: World Scleroderma Foundation preliminary advice for patient management

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2020;79:724-726.

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Received March 24, 2020
Revised April 15, 2020
Accepted April 16, 2020
First published April 29, 2020.

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