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Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating Cardiovascular Risk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comparing Novel Risk Scores with Carotid Ultrasound
Ileana C. Reynosa-Silva¹, Oscar Azael Garza-Flores², Fernanda M. Garcia-Garcia³, Aleydis Gonzalez-Melendez¹, Iris J. Colunga-Pedraza³, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³, Jose R Azpiri-Lopez⁴, Rosa Arvizu-Rivera⁵, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza⁶ and Diego Azamat Salcedo Almanza⁷, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Guadalupe, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁶Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁷Radiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease, largely due to chronic inflammation and…
Abstract Number: 0592 • ACR Convergence 2025
An Interim Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes from an International Multicentre Observational Study in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Initiating Bimekizumab in Real-World Clinical Practice
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Uta Kiltz¹, Kurt de Vlam², Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand³, Julio Ramírez Garcia⁴, Jessica A. Walsh⁵, Denis Poddubnyy⁶, David Nicholls⁷, Marga Oortgiesen⁸, Francesca Maria Ester Castagna⁹, Marie-Alix Bonny¹⁰, Hervé Besson¹¹, Rajan Bajracharya¹², Patrik Öhagen¹³, Christine de La Loge¹⁰ and William Tillett¹⁴, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³CHU of Toulouse - Pierre-Paul Riquet Hospital (Inflammation, Infection, Immunology and Locomotor Center - Rheumatology Service, Toulouse, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Clinical Trials Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, ⁸UCB, Raleigh, NC, ⁹UCB SpA, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰UCB, Brussels, Belgium, ¹¹UCB, Breda, Netherlands, ¹²UCB, Slough, England, United Kingdom, ¹³UCB, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁴Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a significant burden on patients’ (pts) health-related quality of life (HRQoL).1 Bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal…
Abstract Number: 0623 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cluster Analysis of Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants Modifying Activity, Chronicity and Clinical Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the GLADEL 2.0 Cohort
Marco Martinez¹, Karen Roberts², Rosana Quintana³, Marina Scolnik⁴, Carmen Funes Soaje⁵, Paula Alba⁶, Veronica Saurit⁷, Mercedes Garcia⁸, GUILLERMO ARIEL BERBOTTO⁹, Inés Verónica Bellomio¹⁰, Mario Eduardo Kerzberg¹¹, Graciela Noemi Gomez¹², Cecilia Pisoni¹³, Vicente Juarez¹⁴, Ana Malvar¹⁵, Antonio Da Silva¹⁶, ODIRLEI MONTICIELO¹⁷, Henrique Mariz¹⁸, Francinne Ribeiro¹⁹, Eduardo Borba²⁰, Eloisa Bonfa²⁰, Edgard dos Reis-Neto²¹, Iris Guerra Herrera²², Maria Loreto Massardo²³, Gustavo Aroca-Martínez²⁴, Lorena Gómez Escorcia²⁵, Carlos Alberto Cañas²⁶, Gerardo Quintana-Lopez²⁷, Carlos Toro-Gutierrez²⁸, Mario Moreno Alvarez²⁹, MIGUEL SAAVEDRA³⁰, Margarita Portela Hernández³¹, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo³², Luis H Silveira³³, Ignacio García-De la Torre³⁴, Carlos Abud-Mendoza³⁵, Jorge Antonio Esquivel Valerio³⁶, Maria Isabel Acosta³⁷, Astrid Paats³⁸, Claudia S. Mora-Trujillo³⁹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil⁴⁰, Armando Calvo⁴¹, Roberto Muñoz-Louis⁴², Martin Rebella⁴³, Alvaro Danza⁴⁴, José Gomez-Puerta⁴⁵, Federico Zazzetti⁴⁶, Ashley Orillion⁴⁷, Guillermo Pons-Estel³ and Ingris del Pilar Pelaez Ballestas⁴⁸, ¹HGSZ No ⁹, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, San Luis Potosí, México, Rioverde, Mexico, ²Instituto de Investigación, Rosario, Argentina, Wyomissing, PA, ³Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas, GO-CREAR, Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Italiano de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁶Hospital Córdoba y Sanatorio Allende, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁷Hospital Privado Universitario de Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁸Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín” de la plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁹Sanatorio Británico, Rosario, Argentina, ROSARIO, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital Padilla, Tucumán, Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, ¹¹Hospital J.M Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, CABA, Argentina, ¹²Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Dr. Alfredo Lanari, Don Torcuato, Argentina, ¹³CEMIC Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas ‘‘Norberto Quirno”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Hospital Señor del Milagro Salta, Salta, Argentina, Salta, Argentina, ¹⁵Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁶Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Goias, Goias, Brazil, Holzkirchen, Germany, ¹⁷Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ¹⁸Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil, Pernambuco, Brazil, ¹⁹Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²⁰Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ²¹Escola Paulista de Medicina / Universidade federal de São Paulo (EPM / Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ²²Hospital del Salvador Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile, santiago, Chile, ²³Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²⁴Clínica de la Costa y Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla, Colombia, barranquilla, Colombia, ²⁵Clínica de la Costa y Universidad Simón Bolívar Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia, ²⁶Fundación Valle del Lili, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia, Cali, Colombia, ²⁷Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá; Hospital Universitario Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, ²⁸Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Cali, Colombia, Cali, Colombia, ²⁹Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ³⁰Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexico, ³¹Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional SXXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ³²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ³³Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ³⁴Centro de Estudios de Investigación Básica y Clínica, S.C., Guadalajara, Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ³⁵Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí y Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", San Luis Potosí, Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ³⁶Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Nuevo León, México., MONTERREY, Mexico, ³⁷Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Asuncion, Paraguay, ³⁸Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay, ³⁹Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins-EsSalud, Lima, Peru, Lima, Peru, ⁴⁰Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ⁴¹Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Jesús María, Peru, ⁴²Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic, ⁴³Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴⁴Médica Uruguaya, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴⁶Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Ambler, PA, ⁴⁷Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ⁴⁸Hospital General de México “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Evidence from high-income countries suggests that socioeconomic status (SES) and environmental…
Abstract Number: 0712 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Bacterial Secretome on Nasal Epithelial Cell Gene Expression in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A. Nikolai von Krusenstiern¹, Eleni Bouziani², Sokratis Apostolidis², Li Hui Tan², Swetha Rajagopal³, Nicholas Bolden², Paul J. Planet³, Dylan Curry³, Elliot Friedman³, Noam A. Cohen⁴ and Rennie Rhee², ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: The nasal microbiome has been implicated as a contributor to relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Previous research on nasal bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus, has…
Abstract Number: 0671 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Gut-Heart Axis in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence from the GENISOS cohort
Francesca Romana Di Ciommo¹, Ashish Balar², Subhash Kulkarni³, Aidan K Strother², Michael Hughes⁴, Brian Skaug⁵, Maureen Mayes⁶, Shervin Assassi⁷, Ali Y Ayla² and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁸, ¹La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ²UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, ³BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁸UT Health Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Cardiac manifestations significantly impact the prognosis of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), underscoring the need for early risk stratification. While gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are…
Abstract Number: 0579 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characteristics and Treatment Patterns among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in the CorEvitas Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry Initiating a Third or Higher Line of Biologic or Targeted Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy
Philip J. Mease¹, Nicole Middaugh², Yolanda Muñoz Maldonado², Chao Song³, Melissa Eliot², Robert Low³ and Alexis Ogdie⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ³UCB, Smyrna, GA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease affecting the joints, skin, and other regions of the body. It impacts up to 36%…
Abstract Number: 0701 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploring Calcinosis On Hand X-Rays In Systemic Sclerosis: a Mayo Clinic Cohort
Maximiliano Diaz Menindez¹, Simran Ravindra Nimal², Michael Pham², Caroyln Harvey³, Leroy W. Griffing² and Vivek Nagaraja², ¹Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a vexing manifestation in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) with a variable prevalence among cohorts. Up to 86% of calcinosis cases are…
Abstract Number: 0599 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy of Statin Medications for Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Aakash V. Patel¹, Lingxiao Zhang², Emily S. Lau³, Baijun Zhou², Yuqing Zhang⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵ and April Jorge⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁵MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with up to a three-fold increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Statins have well-established cardioprotective benefits…
Abstract Number: 0672 • ACR Convergence 2025
Determinants of Progressive Microstomia in Systemic Sclerosis: Insights from the GENISOS Cohort with a Focus on GI Involvement
Francesca Romana Di Ciommo¹, Ashish Balar², Robert M. Anderton², Michael Hughes³, Brian Skaug⁴, Maureen Mayes⁵, Shervin Assassi⁶, Ali Y Ayla² and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁷, ¹La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ²UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, ³Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁴UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁵UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷UT Health Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune condition characterized by vascular abnormalities, immune dysregulation, and progressive fibrosis affecting both the skin and internal organs.…
Abstract Number: 0687 • ACR Convergence 2025
Distinct Cancer Risk Profiles in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with Autoantibody Stratification
Arjun Mahajan¹, Nikki Zangenah², Maria Vazquez-Machado², Avery LaChance³ and Jeffrey Sparks⁴, ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) face increased cancer risk compared to the general population, yet current evidence on specific cancer patterns and their relationship…
Abstract Number: 0689 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of an Articular Activity Score in Systemic Sclerosis (ASSESS): Identifying Core Instruments for Disease Activity Assessment
Blaz Burja¹, Paco Welsing², Alain Lescoat³, Andreas Eisenring⁴, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁵, Claire Leroy David⁶, Dinesh Khanna⁷, Francesco Del Galdo⁸, Michele Iudici⁹, Janet Pope¹⁰, julia Spierings¹¹, Madelon Vonk¹², Marie-Elise Truchetet¹³, Martine Clergeau¹⁴, Michael Hughes¹⁵, Susan Murphy¹⁶, Tracy Frech¹⁷, Oliver Distler¹⁸ and Muriel Elhai¹⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³CHU Rennes - University Rennes, Rennes, France, ⁴Patient research partners, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Patient research partners, Sos, France, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, ¹⁰University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹²Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹³Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁴Patient research partners, Paris, France, ¹⁵Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Michigan, ¹⁷Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁹Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Schlieren, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory joint and/or tendon involvement affects up to 30% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), resulting in pain, reduced joint function, and impaired patients'…
Abstract Number: 0586 • ACR Convergence 2025
Immune Checkpoint agonists: A New horizon for treatment of psoriatic arthritis
Siba Raychaudhuri¹, Christine Abria² and Smriti K Raychaudhuri³, ¹UC Davis, School of Medicine/ VA Medical Center, Sacramento, Davis, CA, ²Sacramento VA Medical Center, Mather, CA, ³Sacramento VA Medical Center, Davis, CA
Background/Purpose: Check point inhibitor PD-1 (programmed death protein 1) is upregulated during T lymphocyte activation and is important for limiting the duration of activation. Thus,…
Abstract Number: 0710 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vascular Events in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies
Vivian Shing¹, Emily Thompson², Emma Terwilliger³, Simran Ravindra Nimal⁴, Alejandro Diaz Arumir Vergara², Michael Pham⁴ and Vivek Nagaraja⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, ³Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
Background/Purpose: APS is a pro-thrombotic autoimmune condition often associated with other systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs), most notably SLE. The link between aPL positivity and…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Of Choroidal Sub-foveal Thickness With Skin Manifestations And Serum Monocyte HDL Ratio In Patients With Systemic Sclerosis-A Case Control Study
Tejaswini Ramineni¹, Vijaya prasanna Parimi², Radhika M³ and Narsimulu Gumdal³, ¹Esic Medical College And Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ²ESIC Medical College and Super Specilaity Hospital, hyderabad, Telangana, India, ³ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Background/Purpose: The vascular hypothesis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) posits that vasculopathy is the initial inciting event that triggers inflammation and subsequent fibrosis in the progression…
Abstract Number: 0690 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantitative 18F-FDG PET-CT of the lungs detects treatment induced changes in patients with early severe diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and interstitial lung disease
Bo Broens¹, esther Nossent¹, Lilian Meijboom¹, Gerben Zwezerijnen¹, julia Spierings², Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra³, Jacob M. van Laar⁴, Conny van der Laken¹ and Alexandre Voskuijl⁵, ¹Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with early severe diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) with interstitial lung disease (ILD) have poor prognosis. New tools are needed to improve treatment…

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