2016
Calcinosis is associated with digital ulcers and osteoporosis in patients with systemic sclerosis: A Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium study
Valenzuela A, Baron M, Group C, Herrick AL, Proudman S, Stevens W, Group A, Rodriguez-Reyna TS, Vacca A, Medsger TA, Hinchcliff M, Hsu V, Wu JY, Fiorentino D, Chung L. Calcinosis is associated with digital ulcers and osteoporosis in patients with systemic sclerosis: A Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium study. Seminars In Arthritis And Rheumatism 2016, 46: 344-349. PMID: 27371996, PMCID: PMC5500288, DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcro-OsteolysisAdultAgedAntibodies, AntinuclearAutoantibodiesCalcinosisCohort StudiesDNA Topoisomerases, Type IFemaleFingersHeart DiseasesHumansHypertension, PulmonaryLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNuclear ProteinsOdds RatioOsteoporosisRetrospective StudiesRibonucleoprotein, U1 Small NuclearRNA Polymerase IIIScleroderma, SystemicSkin UlcerTelangiectasisConceptsScleroderma Clinical Trials ConsortiumDigital ulcersSystemic sclerosisOdds ratioMultivariate analysisAnti-PM/SclRetrospective cohort studyQuarter of patientsLonger disease durationClinical Trials ConsortiumStrong associationMulticenter collaborative effortsGastrointestinal involvementAnticardiolipin antibodiesPulmonary hypertensionCohort studyDisease durationClinical factorsAcro-osteolysisClinical featuresUnivariate analysisCardiac diseasePatientsCalcinosisUlcers
2014
Antinuclear antibody-negative systemic sclerosis
Salazar GA, Assassi S, Wigley F, Hummers L, Varga J, Hinchcliff M, Khanna D, Schiopu E, Phillips K, Furst DE, Steen V, Baron M, Hudson M, Taillefer SS, Pope J, Jones N, Docherty P, Khalidi NA, Robinson D, Simms RW, Silver RM, Frech TM, Fessler BJ, Molitor JA, Fritzler MJ, Segal BM, Al-Kassab F, Perry M, Yang J, Zamanian S, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Pedroza C, Mayes MD. Antinuclear antibody-negative systemic sclerosis. Seminars In Arthritis And Rheumatism 2014, 44: 680-686. PMID: 25578738, PMCID: PMC4447614, DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsANA-negative groupANA-negative patientsPulmonary arterial hypertensionAntinuclear antibodiesSSc patientsDiffuse cutaneous involvementLower gastrointestinal involvementNegative antinuclear antibodyRight heart catheterizationScleroderma Family RegistrySSc-related antibodiesRodnan skin scoreSystemic sclerosis patientsANA-positive patientsRenal crisisVasculopathic manifestationsCause mortalityCutaneous involvementGastrointestinal involvementArterial hypertensionChart reviewClinical characteristicsHeart catheterizationMale patientsSkin score