Diagnostic criteria of systemic sclerosis

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 48-49, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-41

  Hudson, Marie ^a,b   Fritzler, Marvin J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FINGER ULCER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKINFOLD; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RNA POLYMERASE III; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TELANGIECTASIS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84895864279     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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