Undifferentiated connective tissue disease: Analysis of 83 patients with a minimum followup of 5 years

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2345-2349

  Mosca, Marta ^a   Neri, Rossella ^a   Bencivelli, Walter ^a   Tavoni, Antonio ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification criteria; Connective tissue disease; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Undifferentiated connective tissue disease

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0036840081     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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