Scleroderma diagnostic criteria

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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In 1980 the American College of Rheumatology agreed upon diagnostic criteria for scleroderma.^[1]

↑ "Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). Subcommittee for scleroderma criteria of the American Rheumatism Association Diagnostic and Therapeutic Criteria Committee". Arthritis Rheum. 23 (5): 581–90. PMID 7378088. Text "year:1980 " ignored (help)