Journal article
Improving the sensitivity of the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic sclerosis.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: A large proportion of patients with limited systemic sclerosis (SSc) do not meet the current American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for SSc. We undertook this study to determine whether the addition of easily available clinical variables, namely nailfold capillary abnormalities identified using a dermatoscope and visible telangiectasias, could improve the sensitivity of the current ACR classification criteria …
Authors
Hudson M; Taillefer S; Steele R; Dunne J; Johnson SR; Jones N; Mathieu J-P; Baron M
Journal
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 754–757
Publication Date
2007
ISSN
0392-856X