ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 715 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Karin Melsens1, Amber Vanhaecke 1, Wies Van Eenoo 2, Maurizio Cutolo 3 and Vanessa Smith 4, 1Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Dept. of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, 2Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, 3Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, 4Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Dept. of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Ghent, Belgium, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, auto-immune disease characterised by a widespread vasculopathy. There is a high need to obtain validated outcome measures for…