Demographic, clinical and antibody characteristics of patients with digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis: data from the DUO Registry.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on January 12, 2012

Authors

Christopher P Denton1, Thomas Krieg, Loic Guillevin, Barbara Schwierin, Daniel Rosenberg, Mariabeth Silkey, Maurice Zultak, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, DUO Registry investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Inflammation, Division of Medicine, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK. cdenton@medsch.ucl.ac.uk

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