Clinical characteristics and predictors of gangrene in patients with systemic sclerosis and digital ulcers in the Digital Ulcer Outcome Registry: a prospective, observational cohort

Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Sep;75(9):1736-40. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209481. Epub 2016 Jun 27.
No abstract available

Keywords: Disease Activity; Outcomes research; Systemic Sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Observational Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Cohort Studies
  • Comorbidity
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Fingers / pathology
  • Gangrene / epidemiology*
  • Gangrene / physiopathology
  • Gangrene / therapy
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Registries*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / epidemiology*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / therapy
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sex Factors
  • Skin Ulcer / diagnosis*
  • Skin Ulcer / epidemiology*
  • Skin Ulcer / therapy