Improving the sensitivity of the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 754-757

  Hudson, Marie ^a,h   Taillefer, Suzanne ^a   Steele, Russekk ^a   Dunne, James ^b   Johnson, Sindhu R ^c   Jones, Niall ^d   Mathieu, Jean Pierre ^e   Abu Hakima, M ^f   Docherty, P ^f   Fritzler, M ^g   Khalidi, N ^f   LeClercq, S ^f   Markland, J ^f   Pope, J ^f   Rahman, P ^f   Robinson, D ^f   Smith, D ^f   Sutton, E ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Advanced Diagnosistics Laboratory ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification criteria; Nailfold capillary abnormalities; Systemic sclerosis; Telangiectasias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELANGIECTASIA;

AGED; CAPILLARIES; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TELANGIECTASIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349013596     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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