Clinical features of scleroderma patients with contracture of phalanges

Ryuichi Ashida; Hironobu Ihn; Yoshihiro Mimura; Masatoshi Jinnin; Yoshihide Asano; Masahide Kubo; Kunihiko Tamaki

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Clinical features of scleroderma patients with contracture of phalanges

Ryuichi Ashida, Hironobu Ihn, Yoshihiro Mimura, Masatoshi Jinnin, Yoshihide Asano, Masahide Kubo, Kunihiko Tamaki

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Abstract

Contracture of phalanges (CP) is a frequent complication of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The objective of this study was to examine the prevalance of CP in patients with SSc and investigate the clinical and laboratory features of SSc patients with CP. Three hundred and fifty patients with SSc were examined. CP was found in 164 of the 350 patients (47%) with SSc. The prevalence of oesophageal involvement, pulmonary fibrosis or heart involvement was significantly greater in the patients with CP than that in those without CP. Our study suggested that the presence of CP may be a marker of oesophageal involvement, pulmonary fibrosis and heart involvement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1275-1277
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Rheumatology
Volume	26
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-006-0490-0
Publication status	Published - 2007 Aug
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Heart involvement
Oesophageal involvement
Pulmonaryf ibrosis

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Rheumatology

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Clinical features of scleroderma patients with contracture of phalanges

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