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Abstract Number: 1036 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis or Ankylosing Spondylitis by History of Cigarette Smoking
Alexis Ogdie¹, Lars Erik Kristensen², Enrique R Soriano³, Servet Akar⁴, Yanhui Sun⁵, David Gruben⁶, Lara Fallon⁷, Cassandra D Kinch⁸ and Dafna Gladman⁹, ¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rheumatology Unit and University Institute, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Pfizer CRDC, Shanghai, China, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Pfizer Canada ULC, Kirkland, Canada, ⁹Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In patients (pts) with PsA and AS, smoking may be associated with an increased comorbidity burden, and greater responses to TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genetic and Molecular Distinctions Between Axial Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Sheng Gao³, Warner Chen³, Kristen Sweet³, Soumya Chakravarty⁴, Qingxuan Song³, May Shawi⁵, Frank Behrens⁶ and Proton Rahman⁷, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ³Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁵Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁶Rheumatology University Hospital & Fraunhofer Institute Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ⁷Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite overlapping symptoms, axial psoriatic arthritis (axPsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may be distinct disorders with differing clinical manifestations, genetic associations, and radiographic findings.1…
Abstract Number: 1035 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy of Guselkumab in Three Cohorts of Biologic-Naïve PsA Patients with Axial Involvement Defined Based on Imaging and Machine-Learning Criteria: Pooled Analysis of Two Phase 3 Studies
Philip J Mease¹, William Tillett², Sarah Ohrndorf³, Michelle Perate⁴, Mary Medysky⁵, Miriam Zimmermann⁶, May Shawi⁷, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁸, Paul Bird⁹, Alen Zabotti¹⁰, Atul Deodhar¹¹ and Dafna Gladman¹², ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ²Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁵Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Seattle, WA, ⁶Immunology, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Zug, Switzerland, ⁷Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁸McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁹University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ¹⁰Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Rheumatology Unit, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ¹²Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Evidence on the efficacy of advanced therapies for axial involvement in PsA (axPsA) is scarce, largely due to the lack of a widely accepted…
Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2022
Performance of BASDAI vs. ASDAS in Evaluating Axial Involvement in Patients with PsA Treated with Guselkumab: Pooled Analysis of Two Phase 3 Studies
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Dafna Gladman², Soumya Chakravarty³, Cinty Gong⁴, May Shawi⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶, Kishimoto Mitsumasa⁷, Enrique R Soriano⁸ and Philip J Mease⁹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ²Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁵Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Rheumatology Unit and University Institute, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Although the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is used to assess the activity of axial disease in patients (pts) with PsA, only…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nailfold Capillaroscopy and Candidate Biomarker Levels in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Hypertension, Profiling of Non-invasive Markers: A Cross Sectional Study
Jacqueline Lemmers¹, Arjan van Caam², Brigit Kersten², Els Ende, van den², Hanneke KNAAPEN², Arie Dijk, van², Wanda Hagmolen of ten Have², Frank van den Hoogen², Hans Koenen², Sander van Leuven³, wynand Alkema⁴, Ruben Smeets² and Madelon Vonk⁵, ¹Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Hanze University, Groningen the Netherlands, Dept. Data Science for Life Sciences & Health, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the leading causes of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and treatment of PH in SSc is…
Abstract Number: 1047 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Novel Prediction Tool for Progression of Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease Despite Treatment with Immunosuppression
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Holly Wilhalme¹, Grace Kim¹, Jonathan Goldin¹, Shervin Assassi², Masataka Kuwana³, Donald Tashkin¹ and Michael roth¹, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, TX, ³Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of SSc-related death. While some patients respond favorably to treatment with immunosuppression, a subset of…
Abstract Number: 1046 • ACR Convergence 2022
Scleroderma Heart Disease
Mohamed Talaat¹, Vivien Hsu² and Daniel Shindler³, ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, North Brunswick, NJ, ²Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ³Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma heart involvement (SHI) is the 3rd leading cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc) [1] following interstitial lung disease (ILD) & pulmonary arterial…
Abstract Number: 1040 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Weight and Sex on Long-term Persistence to Secukinumab Treatment in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis or Ankylosing Spondylitis
Uta Kiltz¹, Petros P. Sfikakis², Nicola Gullick³, ATHINA THEODORIDOU⁴, Anna Kandyli⁵, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁶, Philippe Goupille⁷, Nicola Maiden⁸, Karl Gaffney⁹, Daniel Peterlik¹⁰, Barbara Schulz¹¹, Effie Pournara¹¹ and Piotr Jagiello¹¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, ³University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁴Euromedica Geniki Kliniki, General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁵Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, Iaso General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁶Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology department, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France, ⁸Craigavon Area Hospital, Southern Health & Social Care Trust, Craigavon, United Kingdom, ⁹Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ¹¹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab (SEC) has demonstrated a high sustained response rate in patients (pts) with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) across Phase III clinical…
Abstract Number: 1052 • ACR Convergence 2022
Short-term Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Report from a Global Patient-Reported E-survey
Darpan Thakare¹, Naveen R¹, John Pauling², Sakir Ahmed³, Chris Wincup⁴, Nicolletta Del Papa⁵, Gianluca Sambataro⁶, Fabiola Atzeni⁷, Marcello Govoni⁸, SIMONE PARISI⁹, Elena Bartoloni Bocci¹⁰, Gian Domenico Sebastiani¹¹, Enrico Fusaro¹², Marco Sebastiani¹³, Luca Quartuccio¹⁴, Franco Franceschini¹⁵, Pier Paolo Sainaghi¹⁶, Giovanni Orsolini¹⁷, Rossella De Angelis¹⁸, Maria Giovanna Danielli¹⁹, Vincenzo Venerito²⁰, Parikshit Sen²¹, Minchul Kim²², Abraham Edgar Gracia-Ramos²³, Akira Yoshida²⁴, James B. Lilleker²⁵, Vishwesh Agarwal²⁶, Sinan Kardes²⁷, Jessica Day²⁸, Marcin Milchert²⁹, Mrudula Joshi³⁰, Tamer A Gheita³¹, Babur Salim³², Ioannis Parodis³³, Albert Selva O’Callaghan³⁴, Elena Nikiphorou³⁵, Tulika Chatterjee²², Ai Lyn Tan³⁶, Arvind Nune³⁷, Lorenzo Cavagna³⁸, Samuel Shinjo³⁹, Nelly Ziade⁴⁰, Johannes Knitza⁴¹, Hector Chinoy⁴², Oliver Distler⁴³, Masataka Kuwana⁴⁴, Rohit Aggarwal⁴⁵, Latika Gupta⁴⁶, Vikas Agarwal¹ and Ashima Makol⁴⁷, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India, ⁴Rayne Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Unità operativa complessa (UOC) Day Hospital Reumatologia via Gaetano Pini 9, Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico, Gaetano Pini-CTO,, Milano, ⁶Medico Immunologia e reumatologia presso, Artoreuma S.R.L., Cors S, Mascalucia, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, ⁸S. Anna Hospital and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁹Italian Society for Rheumatology, Turin, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit. Department of Medicine, Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹¹U.O.C. Reumatologia, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini,, Roma, ¹²Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ¹³Azienda Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Medicine (DAME), ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, ¹⁵Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁶IRCAD, Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Novara, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Verona, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Marche, Italy, ¹⁹Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Molecolari, Università Politecnica delle, Marche, Italy, ²⁰Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantations-Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ²¹Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, ²²University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Peoria, IL, ²³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁶Mahatma Gandhi Missions Medical College, Lucknow, India, ²⁷Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁸Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁹Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ³⁰Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India, ³¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³²Fauji foundation hospital Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ³³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³⁴Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁵Leiden University Medical Center & King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³⁷Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, United Kingdom, ³⁸Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ³⁹Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴⁰Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴²The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom, ⁴³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴⁶Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴⁷Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Dedicated data on COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse events (ADEs) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is limited. Therefore, we aimed to compare all patient-reported ADEs…
Abstract Number: 1053 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: Association of Resource Utilization and Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms in Early Disease
Sarah Luebker¹, Tracy Frech¹, Shervin Assassi², Jessica Gordon³, Elana Bernstein⁴, Virginia Steen⁵, Laura Hummers⁶, Ami Shah⁷, Carrie Richardson⁸, Dinesh Khanna⁹, Flavia Castelino¹⁰, Lorinda Chung¹¹, Faye Hant¹², Vicki Shanmugam¹³, John VanBuren¹⁴, Jessica Alvey¹⁴, Monica Harding¹⁴, Luke Evnin¹⁵ and Nora Sandorfi¹⁶, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, TX, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ⁶Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³George Washington University, Washington, DC, ¹⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁵Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Health costs and resource utilization are important in chronic disease management. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-organ system disease with outcomes that are often…
Abstract Number: 1043 • ACR Convergence 2022
Uveitis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis or Psoriatic Arthritis: Baseline Characteristics and Incidence Rates During Secukinumab and Placebo Comparative Phase: A Post Hoc Analysis
Jan Brandt-Juergens¹, Martin Rudwaleit², Frank Behrens³, Christopher Ritchlin⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵, Erhard Quebe-Fehling⁶, Renato Calheiros⁷ and Atul Deodhar⁸, ¹Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ²University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ³Rheumatology University Hospital & Fraunhofer Institute Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Hoboken, NJ, ⁸Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is one of the most frequently reported extra-musculoskeletal manifestations of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1,2 The prevalence of anterior uveitis is…
Abstract Number: 1051 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Deep Neural Network Classifier to Identify Intrinsic Molecular Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis Using Histological Images
Yiwei Yuan¹, Qingyuan Song¹, Paul Harms², Johann Gudjonsson², Robert Lafyatis³, Dinesh Khanna⁴ and Michael Whitfield⁵, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Intrinsic gene analyses based on the gene expression profiles in skin have identified four intrinsic molecular subsets among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc); these…
Abstract Number: 1064 • ACR Convergence 2022
Test-retest Reliability for the Mawdsley Calcinosis Questionnaire for the Measurement of Calcinosis Burden in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Anne-Marie Russell², Lorinda Chung³, Kelly Jensen⁴ and Lesley Ann Saketkoo⁵, ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴University of Colorado, Bellevue, WA, ⁵University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is a debilitating manifestation in systemic sclerosis (SSc) responsible for a high burden of disability and hand dysfunction, contributing as much as…
Abstract Number: 1058 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Characteristics and Survival of Combined Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Jessica Fairley¹, Dylan Hansen², Laura Ross³, Susanna Proudman⁴, Jo Sahhar⁵, Gene-Siew Ngian⁶, Jenny Walker⁷, Lauren Host⁸, Kathleen Morrisroe², Diane Apostolopoulos⁹, Nava Ferdowsi², Michelle Wilson⁹, Maryam Tabesh², Wendy Stevens² and Mandana Nikpour¹⁰, ¹The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ²St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ³The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital, Brunswick, Australia, ⁴University of Adelaide, Medindie, Australia, ⁵Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Melbourne Health, Northcote, Australia, ⁷Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁸Fiona Stanley Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁰The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) are the leading causes of systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated death. There is increasing interest in…
Abstract Number: 1060 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma: Data from the International EUSTAR Database
Alain Lescoat¹, Suiyuan Huang², PATRICIA E CARREIRA³, Elise Siegert⁴, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁵, Jörg Distler⁶, Vanessa Smith⁷, Branimir Anic⁸, Francesco Del Galdo⁹, Nemanja Damjanov¹⁰, Simona Rednic¹¹, camillo Ribi¹², Dominique Farge Bancel¹³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-vold¹⁴, Armando Gabrielli¹⁵, Oliver Distler¹⁶, Dinesh Khanna¹⁷ and Yannick Allanore¹⁸, ¹CHU Rennes - University Rennes 1, Rennes, France, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³HOSPITAL 12 DE OCTUBRE, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital – Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium – Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Gent, Belgium, ⁸Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹¹Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ¹²Service of Immunology and Allergy / CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, ¹³Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to characterise the main clinical features of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) sine scleroderma (ssSSc) in comparison with the limited cutaneous…

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