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  • Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2024

    The Classification Criteria for Anti-Synthetase Syndrome (Class) Project

    Giovanni Zanframundo1, Sara Faghihi Kashani2, Akira Yoshida3, Eduardo Dourado4, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura5, Daphne Rivero Gallegos6, Aravinthan Loganathan7, Gianluca Sambataro8, Francisca Bozan9, Sangmee Bae10, Darosa Lim11, Marta Cheli12, Yasuhiko Yamano13, Francesco Bonella14, Tamera Corte15, Tracy J. Doyle16, David Fiorentino17, Miguel Gonzalez-Gay18, Marie Hudson19, Masataka Kuwana20, Ingrid Lundberg21, Andrew Mammen22, Neil McHugh23, Frederick Miller24, Carlomaurizio Montecucco1, Chester Oddis25, Jorge Rojas-Serrano6, Jens Schmidt26, Carlo Alberto Scirè27, Albert Selva-O'Callaghan28, Victoria Werth11, Davide Rozza29, Monica Morosini30, Sara Bozzini30, Lorenzo Cavagna1, Rohit Aggarwal25 and the CLASS project investigators, 1Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, 2University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA and University of California, San Francisco, CA, 3Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 4Unidade Local de Saùde da Regiao de Aveiro and Aveiro Rheumatology Research Centre, Aveiro, Portugal; Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, 5University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 6Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico, 7Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Bath, UK; Arthritis Australia, Broadway, Glebe, NSW, Australia, 8University of Enna "Kore", Enna, Italy, 9Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 10UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 11University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 12Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy, 13Tosei General Hospital, Aichi, Japan, 14University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, 15Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 16Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 17Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, 18IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, 19McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 20Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 21Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 22NIH, Bethesda, MD, 23University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, 24NIH, NIEHS, Durham, NC, 25University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 26University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, 27Univeristy of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy and IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation, Monza, Italy, 28Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, 29Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, 30Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Hospital of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop and validate new classification criteria for Anti-Synthetase Syndrome (ASSD) using data and consensus driven methodologies and…
  • Abstract Number: 1205 • ACR Convergence 2024

    OARSI Initiative to Develop Classification Criteria for Early-Stage Symptomatic Knee OA (EsSKOA): What Should Be Considered in the Differential Diagnosis of EsSKOA?

    Gillian Hawker1, Lauren King1, Jean Liew2, Quike Wang3, Armaghan Mahmoudian4, Nuria Jansen5, Ian Stanaitis6, Jos Runhaar5, Tom Appleton7, Aleksandra Turkiewicz8, Martin Englund9, Stefan Lohmander9, Ida Kristin Haugen10 and Tuhina Neogi11, and OARSI Early-stage Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis Initiative, 1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Boston University, Boston, MA, 3Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 4University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, 5Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 7The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 8,Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 9Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 10Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 11Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) has launched an initiative to develop classification criteria for early-stage symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (EsSKOA). In individuals with undiagnosed knee…
  • Abstract Number: 1640 • ACR Convergence 2024

    ACR/EULAR 2022 Classification Criteria Compared to the ACR 1990 Classification Criteria in the ARTESER Registry of Giant Cell Arteritis

    Eugenio De Miguel1, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez2, Maite Silva-Diaz3, Joaquin María Belzunegui:4, Patricia Moya5, Marina Tortosa-Cabañas6, Vanessa Andrea Navarro7, Joan Calvet8, Ivette Casafont-Solé9, Jose A Román-Ivorra10, Selene Labrada-Arrabal11, Margarida Vasques Rocha:12, Carlota L Iñiguez:13, Vanesa Hernández-Hernández14, Cristina Campos-Fernández15, María Alcalde Villar:16, Antonio Juan-Mas17, Francisco-Javier Prado-Galbarro18, Itziar Calvo19, Julio Sánchez-Martín20, Javier Narvaez-García21 and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso22, and ARTESER Project Collaborative Group, 1Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 2Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, 3Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 4H de Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, 5Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 6Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, 7Hospital Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Spain, 8Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT-CERCA) (UAB), 08208 Sabadell, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, 9Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, 10Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, 11Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, 12Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, 13Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Galicia, Spain, Galicia, Spain, 14Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Canarias, Spain, 15Consorci Hospital General Universitari de València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain, Valencia, Spain, 16Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa Leganés, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, 17Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa Leganés, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Cantabria, Spain, 18Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Xochimilco,, Mexico, Mexico, 19Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 20Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 21Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 22Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) has been guided for years by the ACR 1990 classification criteria but the emergence of the image…
  • Abstract Number: 2111 • ACR Convergence 2024

    An International Patient Survey to Identify Candidate Items for Classifying Early-Stage Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

    Lauren King1, Armaghan Mahmoudian2, Jean Liew3, Quike Wang4, Ian Stanaitis5, Dieuwke Schiphof6, Leigh Callahan7, David Hunter8, Tom Appleton9, Aleksandra Turkiewicz10, Martin Englund11, Stefan Lohmander11, Ida Kristin Haugen12, Tuhina Neogi13, Gillian Hawker1 and Jos Runhaar6, and OARSI Early-stage Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis Initiative, 1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, 3Boston University, Boston, MA, 4Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 5Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 7University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 8Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 9The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 10,Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 11Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 12Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 13Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) has launched an initiative to develop classification criteria for early-stage symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (EsSKOA). The goal is to establish…
  • Abstract Number: 2196 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Identifying Specific Criteria for Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis: A Comparison of Adult and Pediatric Ratings

    Suzanne Li1, Natalia Vasquez-Canizares2, Clare Pain3, Marinka Twilt4, Amra Adrovic5, Abdulrahman Alrasheed6, Simone Appenzeller7, ADELE CIVINO8, narendra bagri9, Patricia Costa Reis10, Muserref Cucueoglu11, Fatma Dedeoglu12, samundeeswari Deepak13, Jianghong Deng14, Dalia El-Ghoneimy15, Ivan Foeldvari16, Fernando Garcia-Rodriguez17, Marija Jelusic18, Ankur Jindal19, Ozgur Kasapcopur20, Maria Katsicas21, Archana Khan22, Raju Khubchandani23, Meiping Lu24, Hanna Lythgoe25, edoardo marrani26, Giorgia Martini27, Takako Miyamae28, Tomo Nozawa29, Seza Ozen30, Lidia Rutkowska-Sak31, Sunil Sampath13, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema32, Hongmei Song33, Betul Sozeri34, Hayakazu Sumida35, Maria Teresa Terreri36, Kathryn Torok37, Seyma Turkmen38, Dilara Unal38, Gong Yinv39, Emily Willis25, Rongjun Zheng24 and Brian Feldman40, and Pediatric International Consortium for Scleroderma, 1Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, NJ, 2Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 3Alderhey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 4Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, 5Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 6King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 8Pediatric Rheumatology "Vito Fazzi" Hospital LECCE, LECCE, Italy, 9All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, 10Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, 11Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 12Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 13THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 14Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing, China, 15Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 16Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, 17Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 18University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 19Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 20Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, istanbul, Turkey, 21Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22SRCC Children's Hospital, Mumbai, India, Mumbai, India, 23The SRCC Children's Hospital, Mumbai, India, 24Department of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), 25Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom, 26Dipartimento Neurofarba, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 27University of Udine University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, 28Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 29Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan, 30Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 31National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warszawa, Poland, 32Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 33Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, 34University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, 35The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 36UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 37Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, 38University of Health Sciences, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, 39Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 40Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; The Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Despite the high morbidity and mortality risk associated with juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc), evidence to guide management is limited.  No jSSc clinical trials have…
  • Abstract Number: 0111 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Comparative Performance of ELISA and CLIA Against the 2023 ACR/EULAR APS Classification Criteria

    Polona Zigon1, Nika Bostič1, Ziga Rotar2, Ales Ambrozic3, Elizabeta Blokar3, Manca ogrič1 and Sasa Cucnik1, 1Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana

    Background/Purpose: Recently published 2023 ACR/EULAR APS classification criteria emphasize delineating moderate/high anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti-β2 glycoprotein I (anti-β2GPI) antibodies. The new criteria specify the use…
  • Abstract Number: 2301 • ACR Convergence 2024

    The Added Value of anti-Ro52 Antibody Titer in the Diagnosis of Sjögren’s Disease

    Silvia Fonzetti1, Caterina Porciani2, Valentina Donati3, Davide Testa4, Giovanni Fulvio1, Gaetano La Rocca1, Inmaculada Conception Navarro García1, Francesco Ferro5, Marta Mosca1, Paola Migliorini6 and Chiara Baldini1, 1University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, 2University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Immmunology and Allergology Unit, Pisa, Italy, 3Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Unit of Pathological Anatomy 2, Pisa, Italy, 4Immunology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, 5Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 6Immunology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Isolated anti-Ro52 antibodies (anti-Ro52) influence the ACR/EULAR 2016 classification criteria of Sjögren’s Disease (SD), meaning that patients with isolated anti-Ro52 positivity and abnormal salivary…
  • Abstract Number: 0116 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Assessment of Triple Antiphospholipid Antibody-positive Patients Based on Clinical and Laboratory Domains of 2023 ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria

    Reyhan Kose Cobanoglu1, Joann Vega2, Crystal Burgos3 and Doruk Erkan4, 1Aydin Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, USA, Aydin, Turkey, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, New York, NY, 3Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 4Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Triple aPL-positive (lupus anticoagulant test [LA], anticardiolipin antibody (aCL), and anti-β2 glycoprotein-I antibody [aβ2GPI]) patients are at higher risk to develop a  severe clinical…
  • Abstract Number: 0117 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Validation of the 2023 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria in the Pediatric Population

    Daniel Bar1, Stanley Niznik2, Shiri Spielman3, Rotem Semo-Oz4, Assaf Barg3, Sarina Levy-Mendelovich3, Gili Kenet2, Nancy Agmon- Levin2 and Irit Tirosh5, 1Edmond and Lilly Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Herzliya, HaMerkaz, Israel, 2Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3Edmond and Lilly Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 4Edmond and Lilly Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel, 5Edmond and Lilly Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Savyon, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by arterial, venous or microvascular thrombosis, obstetric morbidity and/or non-thrombotic manifestations. The 2023 ACR/EULAR APS…
  • Abstract Number: 0118 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Performance of the 2023 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Mexican Cohort

    Erik Cimé-Aké1, Gabriela Hernández-Molina2, Amaya Llorente-Chávez3 and Eduardo Martin Nares2, 1Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Mexico, 2Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, 3Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Hematology Department, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

    Background/Purpose: The 2023 ACR/EULAR classification criteria (2023 AECC) for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) were recently published. The new criteria require an entry criterion and employe a…
  • Abstract Number: 0125 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Electronic Health Record Rule-Based Computable Phenotype of Antiphospholipid Syndrome

    Emily Balczewski1, Amala Ambati2, Wenying Liang1, Jacqueline Madison1, Yu Zuo1, Karandeep Singh3 and Jason Knight1, 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2University of Michigan, Toledo, OH, 3University of California -- San Diego, San Diego, CA

    Background/Purpose: Electronic health record (EHR) data provide a widely available, inexpensive, and information-rich tool that is underutilized in the research of rare diseases like antiphospholipid…
  • Abstract Number: 0183 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Sensitivity of 2019 EULAR/ACR SLE Criteria and Initial Organ Manifestations for Black and Hispanic Children with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (jSLE) at a Large Tertiary Care Center

    Michelle Butts1, Emily Beil1, Danielle Guffey2, Andrea Ramirez1, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner3, Erin Peckham-Gregory1 and Marietta De Guzman1, 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 3Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disorder with diverse features, posing classification challenges. In 2019, EULAR and ACR developed new classification criteria to…
  • Abstract Number: 0549 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Global Distribution and Determinants of Diagnostic Delay Across Diverse Spondyloarthritis Entities: Data from the International ASAS-Perspa Study

    Nelly Ziade1, Sherif Gamal2, Maroun Aoun3, Ihsane Hmamouchi4, Clementina López Medina5, Maxime Dougados6 and Bassel Elzorkany7, and ASAS-PerSpA, 1Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 3Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, 4Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco, 5Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, 6Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris, INSERM (U1153), Paris, France, 7Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt

    Background/Purpose: Diagnostic delay (DD) in spondyloarthritis (SpA) is well documented, but most of the available data are reported in patients with axial SpA (axSpA). In…
  • Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Performance of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Risk Probability Index (SLERPI): Results from the Egyptian College of Rheumatology (ECR) Study Cohort

    Nevin Hammam1, Ahmed Elsaman2, Esam Abualfadl3, Soha Senara4, Nada M. Gamal5, Mona H. Abd Elsamea5, Abdelhfeez Moshrif6, Samar Tharwat7, Osman Hammam8 and Tamer A Gheita9, 1Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, Boston, MA, 2Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, 3Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt; Qena/Luxor Hospitals, Qena, Egypt, Sohag, Egypt, 4Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University,, Fayoum, Egypt, 5Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, Assiut, Egypt, 6Al-azhar university, Assiut, Egypt, 7Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, 8Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, New Valley University, New Valley, Assiut, Egypt, 9Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by a great heterogeneity and unpredictable flare. In managing patients with SLE, the diagnosis…
  • Abstract Number: 0711 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Molecular Signatures in the Skin as Predictors of Longitudinal Clinical Trajectories in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Natania Field1, Monica Yang2, Niket Gupta1, Maxwell Shramuk1, Lutfiyya Muhammad1, Vivien Goh1, Monica Espinoza3, Yiwei Yuan3, Rezvan Parvizi3, Kathleen Aren4, Mary Carns4, Isaac Goldberg5, Lorinda Chung6, Dinesh Khanna7, Zsuzsanna McMahan8, Michael Whitfield3 and Monique Hinchcliff9, 1Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 3Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 4Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, 5Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 6Stanford University, Woodside, CA, 7University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 8UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, 9Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT

    Background/Purpose: It has become clear that classification by phenotype is insufficient to explain the heterogeneity in clinical progression for many rheumatic diseases. Systemic sclerosis (SSc)…
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