Preliminary Validation of the Digital Ulcer Clinical Assessment Score in Systemic Sclerosis.

CONCLUSION: Preliminarily, we suggest that the DUCAS may be a new clinical score for SSc-related DU, having face and content validity and convergent/divergent correlations (construct validity). These early data suggest that this score deserves further evaluation. PMID: 30442833 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Rheumatol - November 15, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Bruni C, Ngcozana T, Braschi F, Pucci T, Piemonte G, Benelli L, Poli M, Suliman YA, Guiducci S, Bellando-Randone S, Balduzzi S, Grotts J, Denton CP, Rasero L, Montecucco C, Furst DE, Matucci-Cerinic M Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research