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The Localized Scleroderma Skin Severity Index and Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity: A Work in Progress Toward Development of Localized Scleroderma Outcome Measures.

Arkachaisri T, Vilaiyuk S, Li S, O'Neil KM, Pope E, Higgins GC, Punaro M, Rabinovich EC, Rosenkranz M, Kietz DA, Rosen P, Spalding SJ, Hennon TR, Torok KS, Cassidy E, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2009 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19833758 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Ultraviolet radiation intensity predicts the relative distribution of dermatomyositis and anti-Mi-2 autoantibodies in women.

Love LA, Weinberg CR, McConnaughey DR, Oddis CV, Medsger TA Jr, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Targoff IN, Miller FW.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Aug;60(8):2499-504.PMID: 19644877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-U11/U12 RNP antibodies in systemic sclerosis: a new serologic marker associated with pulmonary fibrosis.

Fertig N, Domsic RT, Rodriguez-Reyna T, Kuwana M, Lucas M, Medsger TA Jr, Feghali-Bostwick CA.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Jul 15;61(7):958-65.PMID: 19565553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Recombinant human relaxin in the treatment of systemic sclerosis with diffuse cutaneous involvement: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Khanna D, Clements PJ, Furst DE, Korn JH, Ellman M, Rothfield N, Wigley FM, Moreland LW, Silver R, Kim YH, Steen VD, Firestein GS, Kavanaugh AF, Weisman M, Mayes MD, Collier D, Csuka ME, Simms R, Merkel PA, Medsger TA Jr, Sanders ME, Maranian P, Seibold JR; Relaxin Investigators and the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr;60(4):1102-11.PMID: 19333948 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-U3 RNP autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis.

Aggarwal R, Lucas M, Fertig N, Oddis CV, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr;60(4):1112-8.PMID: 19333934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effector CD8+ T cells in systemic sclerosis patients produce abnormally high levels of interleukin-13 associated with increased skin fibrosis.

Fuschiotti P, Medsger TA Jr, Morel PA.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr;60(4):1119-28.PMID: 19333920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serum autoantibodies and their clinical associations in patients with childhood- and adult-onset linear scleroderma. A single-center study.

Arkachaisri T, Fertig N, Pino S, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2008 Dec;35(12):2439-44. Epub 2008 Nov 1.PMID: 19004036 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Renal biopsy findings predicting outcome in scleroderma renal crisis.

Batal I, Domsic RT, Shafer A, Medsger TA Jr, Kiss LP, Randhawa P, Bastacky S.

Hum Pathol. 2009 Mar;40(3):332-40. Epub 2008 Oct 29.PMID: 18973923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pulmonary arterial hypertension and severe pulmonary fibrosis in systemic sclerosis patients with a nucleolar antibody.

Steen VD, Lucas M, Fertig N, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2007 Nov;34(11):2230-5. Epub 2007 Oct 15.PMID: 17937469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical subsets, skin thickness progression rate, and serum antibody levels in systemic sclerosis patients with anti-topoisomerase I antibody.

Perera A, Fertig N, Lucas M, Rodriguez-Reyna TS, Hu P, Steen VD, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Aug;56(8):2740-6.PMID: 17665460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The Pediatric Rheumatology European Society/American College of Rheumatology/European League against Rheumatism provisional classification criteria for juvenile systemic sclerosis.

Zulian F, Woo P, Athreya BH, Laxer RM, Medsger TA Jr, Lehman TJ, Cerinic MM, Martini G, Ravelli A, Russo R, Cuttica R, de Oliveira SK, Denton CP, Cozzi F, Foeldvari I, Ruperto N.

Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Mar 15;57(2):203-12.PMID: 17330294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Changes in causes of death in systemic sclerosis, 1972-2002.

Steen VD, Medsger TA.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jul;66(7):940-4. Epub 2007 Feb 28.PMID: 17329309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcome measurements in scleroderma: results from a delphi exercise.

Gazi H, Pope JE, Clements P, Medsger TA, Martin RW, Merkel PA, Kahaleh B, Wollheim FA, Baron M, Csuka ME, Emery P, Belch JF, Hayat S, Lally EV, Korn JH, Czirjak L, Herrick A, Voskuyl AE, Bruehlmann P, Inanc M, Furst DE, Black C, Ellman MH, Moreland LW, Rothfield NF, Hsu V, Mayes M, McKown KM, Krieg T, Siebold JR.

J Rheumatol. 2007 Mar;34(3):501-9. Epub 2007 Feb 1.PMID: 17299843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myasthenia gravis and scleroderma: two cases and a review of the literature.

Zivković SA, Medsger TA Jr.

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 May;109(4):388-91. Epub 2007 Feb 5. Review.PMID: 17280777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Muscle cramps associated with localized scleroderma skin lesions: focal dystonia, neuromyotonia, or nerve entrapment?

Zivkovic SA, Lacomis D, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2006 Dec;33(12):2549. No abstract available. PMID: 17143993 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lung transplantation in scleroderma compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Schachna L, Medsger TA Jr, Dauber JH, Wigley FM, Braunstein NA, White B, Steen VD, Conte JV, Yang SC, McCurry KR, Borja MC, Plaskon DE, Orens JB, Gelber AC.

Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Dec;54(12):3954-61.PMID: 17133609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Disease subsets, antinuclear antibody profile, and clinical features in 127 French and 247 US adult patients with systemic sclerosis.

Meyer OC, Fertig N, Lucas M, Somogyi N, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2007 Jan;34(1):104-9. Epub 2006 Nov 15.PMID: 17117486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Successful Treatment of Dry Mouth and Dry Eye Symptoms in Sjögren's Syndrome Patients With Oral Pilocarpine: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Adjustment Study.

Papas AS, Sherrer YS, Charney M, Golden HE, Medsger TA Jr, Walsh BT, Trivedi M, Goldlust B, Gallagher SC.

J Clin Rheumatol. 2004 Aug;10(4):169-177.PMID: 17043506 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Scleroderma renal crisis: a high index of suspicion speeds diagnosis and life-saving treatment.

Medsger TA Jr, Rodriguez-Reyna TS.

South Med J. 2006 Aug;99(8):799-800. No abstract available. PMID: 16929870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

T cell lines from systemic sclerosis patients and healthy controls recognize multiple epitopes on DNA topoisomerase I.

Hu PQ, Oppenheim JJ, Medsger TA Jr, Wright TM.

J Autoimmun. 2006 Jun;26(4):258-67. Epub 2006 Jun 2.PMID: 16735104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Childhood onset systemic sclerosis: classification, clinical and serologic features, and survival in comparison with adult onset disease.

Scalapino K, Arkachaisri T, Lucas M, Fertig N, Helfrich DJ, Londino AV Jr, Steen VD, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2006 May;33(5):1004-13. Epub 2006 Apr 1.PMID: 16583463 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Minimally important difference in diffuse systemic sclerosis: results from the D-penicillamine study.

Khanna D, Furst DE, Hays RD, Park GS, Wong WK, Seibold JR, Mayes MD, White B, Wigley FF, Weisman M, Barr W, Moreland L, Medsger TA Jr, Steen VD, Martin RW, Collier D, Weinstein A, Lally EV, Varga J, Weiner SR, Andrews B, Abeles M, Clements PJ.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Oct;65(10):1325-9. Epub 2006 Mar 15.PMID: 16540546 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of anti-RNA polymerase III antibody: analytical accuracy and clinical associations in systemic sclerosis.

Kuwana M, Okano Y, Pandey JP, Silver RM, Fertig N, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Aug;52(8):2425-32.PMID: 16052583 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Seasonal influence on the onset of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in serologically defined groups.

Sarkar K, Weinberg CR, Oddis CV, Medsger TA Jr, Plotz PH, Reveille JD, Arnett FC, Targoff IN, Genth E, Love LA, Miller FW.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Aug;52(8):2433-8.PMID: 16052581 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Responsiveness of the SF-36 and the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in a systemic sclerosis clinical trial.

Khanna D, Furst DE, Clements PJ, Park GS, Hays RD, Yoon J, Korn JH, Merkel PA, Rothfield N, Wigley FM, Moreland LW, Silver R, Steen VD, Weisman M, Mayes MD, Collier DH, Medsger TA Jr, Seibold JR; Relaxin Study Group; Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium.

J Rheumatol. 2005 May;32(5):832-40.PMID: 15868618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Kidney disease other than renal crisis in patients with diffuse scleroderma.

Steen VD, Syzd A, Johnson JP, Greenberg A, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2005 Apr;32(4):649-55.PMID: 15801020 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mortality in systemic sclerosis: an international meta-analysis of individual patient data.

Ioannidis JP, Vlachoyiannopoulos PG, Haidich AB, Medsger TA Jr, Lucas M, Michet CJ, Kuwana M, Yasuoka H, van den Hoogen F, Te Boome L, van Laar JM, Verbeet NL, Matucci-Cerinic M, Georgountzos A, Moutsopoulos HM.

Am J Med. 2005 Jan;118(1):2-10.PMID: 15639201 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dr Leroy's contribution to the understanding of systemic sclerosis.

Black CM, Medsger TA.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2004 Jan-Feb;22(3 Suppl 33):S3-4. No abstract available. PMID: 15551497 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular recognition patterns of serum anti-DNA topoisomerase I antibody in systemic sclerosis.

Hu PQ, Fertig N, Medsger TA Jr, Wright TM.

J Immunol. 2004 Aug 15;173(4):2834-41.PMID: 15295002 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

High-dose versus low-dose D-penicillamine in early diffuse systemic sclerosis trial: lessons learned.

Clements PJ, Seibold JR, Furst DE, Mayes M, White B, Wigley F, Weisman MD, Barr W, Moreland L, Medsger TA Jr, Steen V, Martin RW, Collier D, Weinstein A, Lally E, Varga J, Weiner SR, Andrews B, Abeles M, Wong WK.

Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Feb;33(4):249-63.PMID: 14978663 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A novel protein highly expressed in testis is overexpressed in systemic sclerosis fibroblasts and targeted by autoantibodies.

Yasuoka H, Ihn H, Medsger TA Jr, Hirakata M, Kawakami Y, Ikeda Y, Kuwana M.

J Immunol. 2003 Dec 15;171(12):6883-90.PMID: 14662895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The Lupus Foundation as an additional source for case ascertainment: developing a community-based lupus registry.

Fitzgerald SG, Kwoh CK, McCarty D, Ramsey-Goldman R, Medsger TA Jr, Manzi S.

Arthritis Care Res. 2000 Jun;13(3):137-40.PMID: 14651039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Conclusion and identification of the core set of variables to be used in clinical investigations.

Valentini G, Medsger TA Jr, Silman AJ, Bombardieri S.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2003;21(3 Suppl 29):S47-8. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12889223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Assessment of disease severity and prognosis.

Medsger TA Jr, Bombardieri S, Czirjak L, Scorza R, Della Rossa A, Bencivelli W.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2003;21(3 Suppl 29):S42-6. Review.PMID: 12889222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The assessment of the patient with systemic sclerosis. Introduction.

Bombardieri S, Medsger TA Jr, Silman AJ, Valentini G.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2003;21(3 Suppl 29):S2-4. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12889213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Analysis of systemic sclerosis in twins reveals low concordance for disease and high concordance for the presence of antinuclear antibodies.

Feghali-Bostwick C, Medsger TA Jr, Wright TM.

Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Jul;48(7):1956-63.PMID: 12847690 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Natural history of systemic sclerosis and the assessment of disease activity, severity, functional status, and psychologic well-being.

Medsger TA Jr.

Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2003 May;29(2):255-73, vi. Review.PMID: 12841294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Correlation of serum anti-DNA topoisomerase I antibody levels with disease severity and activity in systemic sclerosis.

Hu PQ, Fertig N, Medsger TA Jr, Wright TM.

Arthritis Rheum. 2003 May;48(5):1363-73.PMID: 12746909 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predictors of isolated pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis and limited cutaneous involvement.

Steen V, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Feb;48(2):516-22.PMID: 12571862 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A comparison between anti-Th/To- and anticentromere antibody-positive systemic sclerosis patients with limited cutaneous involvement.

Mitri GM, Lucas M, Fertig N, Steen VD, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Jan;48(1):203-9.PMID: 12528120 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predictors and outcomes of scleroderma renal crisis: the high-dose versus low-dose D-penicillamine in early diffuse systemic sclerosis trial.

DeMarco PJ, Weisman MH, Seibold JR, Furst DE, Wong WK, Hurwitz EL, Mayes M, White B, Wigley F, Barr W, Moreland L, Medsger TA Jr, Steen V, Martin RW, Collier D, Weinstein A, Lally E, Varga J, Weiner SR, Andrews B, Abeles M, Clements PJ.

Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Nov;46(11):2983-9.PMID: 12428241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Measuring disease activity and functional status in patients with scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon.

Merkel PA, Herlyn K, Martin RW, Anderson JJ, Mayes MD, Bell P, Korn JH, Simms RW, Csuka ME, Medsger TA Jr, Rothfield NF, Ellman MH, Collier DH, Weinstein A, Furst DE, Jiménez SA, White B, Seibold JR, Wigley FM; Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium.

Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Sep;46(9):2410-20.PMID: 12355489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improvement in skin thickening in systemic sclerosis associated with improved survival.

Steen VD, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Dec;44(12):2828-35.PMID: 11762943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rigorous new approach to constructing a gold standard for validating new diagnostic criteria, as exemplified by the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.

Hertzman PA, Clauw DJ, Duffy J, Medsger TA Jr, Feinstein AR.

Arch Intern Med. 2001 Oct 22;161(19):2301-6.PMID: 11606145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

D-penicillamine in systemic sclerosis? Yes!

Medsger TA Jr, Lucas M, Wildy KS, Baker C.

Scand J Rheumatol. 2001;30(4):192-4. Review.PMID: 11578011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Criteria for the classification of early systemic sclerosis.

LeRoy EC, Medsger TA Jr.

J Rheumatol. 2001 Jul;28(7):1573-6. Review.PMID: 11469464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systemic sclerosis with renal crisis and pulmonary hypertension: a report of eleven cases.

Gündüz OH, Fertig N, Lucas M, Medsger TA Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1663-6.PMID: 11465718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Autoreactive T cells to topoisomerase I in monozygotic twins discordant for systemic sclerosis.

Kuwana M, Feghali CA, Medsger TA Jr, Wright TM.

Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1654-9.PMID: 11465716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of the American College of Rheumatology systemic sclerosis trial guidelines on the nature of systemic sclerosis patients entering a clinical trial.

Furst DE, Clements PJ, Wong WK, Mayes MD, Wigley F, White B, Weisman M, Barr W, Moreland L, Martin R, Medsger TA Jr, Steen V, Collier D, Weinstein A, Lally E, Varga J, Weiner SR, Andrews B, Abeles M, Peter JB, Seibold JR.

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2001 Jun;40(6):615-22.PMID: 11426017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Surgery for ischemic pain and Raynaud's' phenomenon in scleroderma: a description of treatment protocol and evaluation of results.

Tomaino MM, Goitz RJ, Medsger TA.

Microsurgery. 2001;21(3):75-9.PMID: 11372066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles