Items for developing revised classification criteria in systemic sclerosis: Results of a consensus exercise

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-357

  Fransen, Jaap ^a   Johnson, Sindhu R ^b   Van Den Hoogen, Frank ^c   Baron, Murray ^d   Allanore, Yannick ^e   Carreira, Patricia E ^f   Czirják, László ^g   Denton, Christopher P ^h   Distler, Oliver ⁱ   Furst, Daniel E ^j   Gabrielli, Armando ^k   Herrick, Ariane ^l   Inanc, Murat ^m   Kahaleh, Bashar ⁿ   Kowal Bielecka, Otylia ^o   Medsger, Thomas A ^p   Mueller Ladner, Ulf ^q,ag   Riemekasten, Gabriela ^r   Sierakowski, Stanislaw ^o   Valentini, Gabriele ^s   Veale, Doug ^t   Vonk, Madelon C ^a   Walker, Ulrich ^u   Chung, Lorinda ^v   Clements, Philip J ^j   Collier, David H ^w,ah   Csuka, Mary E ^x   Jimenez, Sergio ^y   Merkel, Peter A ^z   Seibold, James R ^aa   Silver, Richard ^ab   Steen, Virginia ^ac   Tyndall, Alan ^v   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^ad   Pope, Janet E ^ae   Khanna, Dinesh ^af   more..

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e AP HP ^*  (France)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^h ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^m ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^r CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^s SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^t ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^v STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^x MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^y THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa Scleroderma Research Consultants   (United States)

^ab MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^ac GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^af UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^ag KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^ah AMGEN INC   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERNET; RATING SCALE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84859844674     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20679     Document Type: Article

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