Improving sensitivity of the connective tissue disease screening questionnaire: A comparative study of various scoring methods.

CONCLUSION: The adapted CSQ with the classification criteria-based scoring achieved relatively high sensitivities in detecting autoimmune rheumatic diseases, suggesting this could be employed as the first step in population screening.
PMID: 33092467 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Lupus - October 22, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Xiang L, Low AHL, Leung YY, Fong W, Gandhi M, Xin X, Uy EJ, Sparks JA, Karlson EW, Thumboo J Tags: Lupus Source Type: research