Abstracts tagged "Registries and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1940 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
The Development Of A National Systemic Sclerosis Service In Ireland Incorporating A National Registry
Mairead Murray¹, Emese Balogh² and Douglas J. Veale³, ¹Rheumatology, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Translation Research Group, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare auto-immune connective tissue disease with an increasing burden for health care systems. National SSc registries have proven to…
Abstract Number: 690 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Assessment Of The New American and European Classification Criteria For Systemic Sclerosis In The Norwegian Systemic Connective Tissue Disease and Vasculitis Registry
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Torhild Garen², Oyvind Midtvedt¹ and Øyvind Molberg³, ¹Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: To assess the newly established ACR/EULAR classification criteria for systemic sclerosis 1 (SSc) in a large Norwegian SSc registry cohort. Methods: The Norwegian systemic…