Methods Three hundred fifty six patients, who ever had ICD-10 code of M35.1 (other overlap syndrome) or M35.0 (systemic involvement of connective tissue, unspecified) during 2000-2011 were selected and retrospective chart review was performed. Among them, patients who had been confirmed as ...
Flow chart of the classification of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD). CTD patients were classified based on the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), anti- cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody positivity, and clinical characteristics. Group 1 consists of patients who fulfilled th...
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of pediatric SLE and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) subjects and healthy controls aged 8 years and above. We used the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) and the Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) to identify depression, suic...
Anti-CCP antibody titers were obtained from a retrospective chart review or measured using stored sera. RA was diagnosed according to the 1987 revised American College of Rheumatology classification criteria. Thirty-three anti-CCP-positive non-RA CTD patients were retrospectively followed up for the ...
Objectives To compare clinical and immunological characteristics in patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) treated with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in a large academic clinical practice. Methods This cross-sectional study included all patients diagnosed with UCTD according to the ...
CTG Connective Tissue Graft. RCT Randomized Control Trial. PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. OCEBM Oxford Classification of Evidence Levels. CI Confidence Interval. CG Control Group. SG Study Group. PES Pink Esthetic Score. ICAI Crown Aesthetic Index. Nw Newto...