Skin imaging in systemic sclerosis
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Skin imaging in systemic sclerosis.
Fibrotic involvement of the skin is a cardinal feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The extent of skin involvement is associated with internal organ involvement, coinciding with more severe disease course and poor prognosis. A palpation-based semi-quantitative score, the modified Rodnan skin score, is widely used for the assessment of skin involvement, but it is entailed by significant limitati...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Rheumatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2147-9720,2148-4279
DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheumatol.2014.036