Abstracts tagged "systemic sclerosis and calcinosis"

Abstract Number: 2589 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Searching the Calcinosis Signature: A Case Control Study Analyzing Limited Systemic Sclerosis Female Patients with and Without Calcinosis, Paired by Disease Duration, Age and Body Mass Index
Marilia Sampaio-Barros ¹, Lorena Castelo-Branco ¹, Liliam Takayama ¹, Marco Pontes-Filho ¹, Percival Degrava Sampaio-Barros ² and Rosa Pereira³, ¹University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis usually represents a late manifestation of limited systemic sclerosis (lSSc), inducing chronic calcifications that lead to significant impairment in the quality of life.…