The European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) task force for the development of revised activity criteria for systemic sclerosis: derivation and validation of a preliminarily revised EUSTAR activity index

Gabriele Valentini; Michele Iudici; Ulrich A Walker; Veronika K Jaeger; Murray Baron; Patricia Carreira; László Czirják; Christopher P Denton; Oliver Distler; Eric Hachulla; Ariane L Herrick; Otylia Kowal-Bielecka; Janet Pope; Ulf Müller-Ladner; Gabriela Riemekasten; Jerome Avouac; Marc Frerix; Suzana Jordan; Tünde Minier; Elise Siegert; Voon H Ong; Serena Vettori; Yannick Allanore

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209768

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The European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) task force for the development of revised activity criteria for systemic sclerosis: derivation and validation of a preliminarily revised EUSTAR activity index

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Gabriele Valentini Rheumatology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michele Iudici Rheumatology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulrich A Walker Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Veronika K Jaeger Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Murray Baron Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Patricia Carreira Department of Rheumatology, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
László Czirják Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Medical Centre, Pécs, Hungary PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher P Denton Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Oliver Distler Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eric Hachulla Internal Medicine Department, Claude Huriez Hospital, Lille University, Lille, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ariane L Herrick NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Otylia Kowal-Bielecka Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet Pope Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Health Care, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulf Müller-Ladner Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Bad Neuheim, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gabriela Riemekasten Clinic for Rheumatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jerome Avouac Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marc Frerix Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Bad Neuheim, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Suzana Jordan Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tünde Minier Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Medical Centre, Pécs, Hungary PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elise Siegert Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Voon H Ong Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Serena Vettori Rheumatology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yannick Allanore Rheumatology A Department, INSERM U1016 UMR8104, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Gabriele Valentini, Rheumatology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, II Policlinico, Edificio 3, Via Pansini 5, Naples 80131, Italy; gabriele.valentini{at}unina2.it

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Valentini G, Iudici M, Walker UA, et al

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2017;76:270-276.

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Received April 22, 2016
Revised July 13, 2016
Accepted August 21, 2016
First published September 12, 2016.

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October 31, 2019

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