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@article{Kennedy2018ImprovingLE,
  title={Improving life expectancy of patients with scleroderma: results from the South Australian Scleroderma Register},
  author={Nicholas Kennedy and Jenny G Walker and Paul Hakendorf and Peter J Roberts-Thomson},
  journal={Internal Medicine Journal},
  year={2018},
  volume={48},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4230441}
}

A large number of patients with scleroderma are known to have decreased life expectancy, and patients diagnosed with the disorder have a high likelihood of developing central giant cell granuloma.

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