The registry of the German Network for Systemic Scleroderma: frequency of disease subsets and patterns of organ involvement.
The registry of the German Network for Systemic Scleroderma: frequency of disease subsets and patterns of organ involvement.
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10.1093/rheumatology/ken179
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2008-08
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Registry of the German Network for Systemic Scleroderma
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Hunzelmann N;Genth E;Krieg T;Lehmacher W;Melchers I;Meurer M;Moinzadeh P;Müller-Ladner U;Pfeiffer C;Riemekasten G;Schulze-Lohoff E;Sunderkoetter C;Weber M;Worm M;Klaus P;Rubbert A;Steinbrink K;Grundt B;Hein R;Scharffetter-Kochanek K;Hinrichs R;Walker K;Szeimies RM;Karrer S;Müller A;Seitz C;Schmidt E;Lehmann P;Foeldvári I;Reichenberger F;Gross WL;Kuhn A;Haust M;Reich K;Böhm M;Saar P;Fierlbeck G;Kötter I;Lorenz HM;Blank N;Gräfenstein K;Juche A;Aberer E;Bali G;Fiehn C;Stadler R;Bartels V;Registry of the German Network for Systemic Scleroderma
Objective. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, heterogeneous disease, which affects different organs and therefore requires interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic management. To improve the detection and follow-up of patients presenting with different disease manifestations, an interdisciplinary registry was founded with contributions from different subspecialties involved in the care of patients with SSc. Methods. A questionnaire was developed to collect a core set of clinical data to determine the current disease status. Patients were grouped into five descriptive disease subsets, i.e. lcSSc, dcSSc, SSc sine scleroderma, overlap-syndrome and UCTD with scleroderma features. Results. Of the 1483 patients, 45.5% of patients had lcSSc and 32.7% dcSSc. Overlap syndrome was diagnosed in 10.9% of patients, while 8.8% had an undifferentiated form. SSc sine scleroderma was present in 1.5% of patients. Organ involvement was markedly different between subsets; pulmonary fibrosis for instance was significantly more frequent in dcSSc (56.1%) than in overlap syndrome (30.6%) or lcSSc (20.8%). Pulmonary hypertension was more common in dcSSc (18.5%) compared with lcSSc (14.9%), overlap syndrome (8.2%) and undifferentiated disease (4.1%). Musculoskeletal involvement was typical for overlap syndromes (67.6%). A family history of rheumatic disease was reported in 17.2% of patients and was associated with early disease onset (P < 0.005). Conclusion. In this nationwide register, a descriptive classification of patients with disease manifestations characteristic of SSc in five groups allows to include a broader spectrum of patients with features of SSc.
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