Undifferentiated connective tissue disease: A seven-center cross-sectional study of 184 patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 915-921

  Vaz, C C ^a   Couto, M ^a,b   Medeiros, D ^c   Miranda, L ^c   Costa, J ^d   Nero, P ^e   Barros, R ^e   Santos, M J ^f   Sousa, E ^g   Barcelos, A ^h   Ines L ^a,i  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE REUMATOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d Department of Rheumatology   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^g HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^h Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA ANTIBODY; HISTONE ANTIBODY; LA ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849101678     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1175-2     Document Type: Article

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