Use of the international systemic scleroderma activity index

Use of the international systemic scleroderma activity index

Up to now, it is difficult to determine systemic scleroderma (SSD) activity because of the lack of validated tools to estimate changes in the pathological process. Attempts have been made to develop unified activity assessing methods for many years. The indices proposed by the European SSD Group are...

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Main Authors: Maya Nikolayevna Starovoitova, L P Ananyeva, O A Koneva, O V Desinova, N G Guseva
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: IMA-PRESS LLC 2013-03-01
Series:Современная ревматология
Subjects:
systemic scleroderma
activity indices
activity
damage
disease severity
Online Access:https://mrj.ima-press.net/mrj/article/view/463
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Summary:Up to now, it is difficult to determine systemic scleroderma (SSD) activity because of the lack of validated tools to estimate changes in the pathological process. Attempts have been made to develop unified activity assessing methods for many years. The indices proposed by the European SSD Group are most popular today. This paper gives the results of using this index in a cohort of Russian patients.
ISSN:1996-7012
2310-158X

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