Progress in the evolution of systemic sclerosis classification criteria and recommendation for additional comparative specificity studies

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-10

  Masi, Alfonse T ^a   Medsger, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FINGER TIP INJURY; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROANGIOPATHY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELANGIECTASIA; FEMALE; MALE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84920419360     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141020     Document Type: Review

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