The Australian Scleroderma Interest Group and database: 10 years of screening to save lives

• 1 St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
• 2 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
• 3 Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC

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