Prevalence of anti-CCP antibodies in systemic sclerosis

• Main Authors: N. Pansini (Author), V. Grattagliano (Author), M. Covelli (Author), L. Raho (Author), F. Iannone (Author), M. Tampoia (Author), A. Chialà (Author), M. Marrone (Author), G. Lapadula (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Joint involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) commonly occurs as arthralgias, while a true arthritis is less frequent. The most common arthritis developing in SSc is rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its diagnosis may be misled by concomitant joint contracture or tendon sheath involvement due to SSc. An...