Undifferentiated connective tissue disease with antibodies to Ro/SSa: clinical features and follow-up of 148 patients. - Concepedia

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Undifferentiated connective tissue disease with antibodies to Ro/SSa: clinical features and follow-up of 148 patients.

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2001

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Ilaria Cavazzana, Franco Franceschini, Norma Belfiore, M Quinzanini, Roberto Caporali, Piergiacomo Calzavara‐Pinton, Laura Bettoni, Antonio Brucato, Roberto Cattaneo, Carlomaurizio Montecucco

Abstract

24.3% of patients with UCTD and antibodies to Ro/SSA can progress in a relatively short period of time to well-defined CTDs. The development of primary SS could be predicted by xerophthalmia and SLE by the appearance of anti-dsDNA antibodies.