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Early systemic sclerosis: short-term disease evolution and factors predicting the development of new manifestations of organ involvement

2016-10-16T12:02:14+01:00 2012-8-17|Categories: Divulgação|Tags: , , |

Introduction. We investigated early Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) (i.e. Raynaud’s phenomenon with SSc marker autoantibodies and/or typical capillaroscopic findings and no manifestations other than puffy fingers or arthritis) versus Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) to identify predictors of short-term disease evolution. Methods. Thirty-nine early SSc and 37 UCTD patients were investigated. At baseline, all patients underwent clinical evaluation, B-mode echocardiography, lung [...]