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Abstract
We describe three patients with progressive fibrosing
interstitial lung disease (ILD) as the first and only
manifestation of systemic sclerosis. In one patient the
presence of anti-Scl-70 autoantibodies suggested systemic sclerosis to be the underlying cause of the disease. In the two other subjects, however, anti-Scl-70 antibodies were negative. In these patients the lung disease preceded other manifestations of systemic sclerosis by several years. Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of systemic sclerosisassociated ILD is discussed.
