Survey of Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis based on a representative study of 10,000 south-Transdanubian Hungarian inhabitants.

Abstract

"Clinically significant" RP affects almost 1% of the population. We identified cases with early stages of scleroderma spectrum disorder showing either anticentromere autoantibody or scleroderma capillary pattern. The prevalence of SSc was found to be higher than expected. It is reasonable to screen "clinically significant" RP cases for scleroderma-related symptoms because this approach makes it possible to identify patients with both SSc and early scleroderma related symptoms.