Australian Scleroderma Interest Group (ASIG)

Australian Scleroderma Screening Programs
The number of scleroderma patients being screened at programs associated with the Australian Scleroderma Interest Group has continued to grow steadily over the past year. A total of 750 patients have generously agreed to have data from their routine screening visit entered into the national database. As a result the group has been able to do some initial analyses that provide a summary of some of the characteristics of the disease.

The data has been presented at the combined New Zealand and Australian Rheumatology Associations' Conference held in New Zealand in May 2009; the 2008 Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM); as well as the cardiac and respiratory meetings in Australia and the European Rheumatology meeting in Copenhagen.

The links to the data are as follows:

- 2008 ARA ASM Poster
- St Vincent's Hospital Research Week Poster (this Poster explains the research method)
- Australian Scleroderma Screening Centres (March 2009)

For further information about ASIG or the contact details for the Australian Scleroderma Screening Programs, contact the ASIG research coordinator, Ms Jill Byron on jill.byron@svhm.org.au or phone: +61 3 9288 3986.

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