Demographic, clinical and antibody characteristics of patients with digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis: data from the DUO Registry.

Abstract

This study provides data from a large cohort of SSc patients with a history of digital ulcers.

The early occurrence and high frequency of digital ulcer complications are especially seen in patients with dcSSc and/or anti-scleroderma-70 antibodies.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Antibodies, Antinuclear
• Cohort Studies
• Databases, Factual
• Europe
• Female
• Fingers
• Humans
• Male
• Registries
• Scleroderma, Systemic
• Skin Ulcer
• Time Factors

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Authors

• Christopher P Denton
• Thomas Krieg
• Loic Guillevin
• Barbara Schwierin
• Daniel Rosenberg
• Mariabeth Silkey
• Maurice Zultak
• Marco Matucci-Cerinic

Publication date

2012-04-11

Journal

Journal topics

• Rheumatic Diseases

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Annals of the rheumatic diseases

Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Inflammation, Division of Medicine, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK. cdenton [at] medsch.ucl.ac.uk

Release reference

Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 May;71(5):718-21

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