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Thomas A. Medsger
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 14
Citations - 7373
Thomas A. Medsger is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scleroderma & Dialysis. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 14 publications receiving 6296 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas A. Medsger include Arthritis Foundation.
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2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: An american college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative
Frank H J van den Hoogen,Dinesh Khanna,Jaap Fransen,Sindhu R Johnson,Murray Baron,Alan Tyndall,Marco Matucci-Cerinic,Raymond P. Naden,Thomas A. Medsger,Patricia Carreira,Gabriela Riemekasten,Philip J. Clements,Christopher P. Denton,Oliver Distler,Yannick Allanore,Daniel E. Furst,Armando Gabrielli,Maureen D. Mayes,Jacob M van Laar,James R. Seibold,László Czirják,Virginia D. Steen,Murat Inanc,Otylia Kowal-Bielecka,Ulf Müller-Ladner,Gabriele Valentini,Douglas J. Veale,Madelon C. Vonk,Ulrich A Walker,Lorinda Chung,David H. Collier,David H. Collier,Mary Ellen Csuka,Barri J. Fessler,Serena Guiducci,Ariane L. Herrick,Vivien Hsu,Sergio A. Jimenez,Bashar Kahaleh,Bashar Kahaleh,Peter A. Merkel,Stanislav Sierakowski,Richard M. Silver,Robert W. Simms,Robert W. Simms,John Varga,Janet E. Pope +46 more
TL;DR: The ACR/EULAR classification criteria for SSc performed better than the 1980 ACR criteria and should allow for more patients to be classified correctly as having the disease.
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2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: an American college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative
Frank H J van den Hoogen,Dinesh Khanna,Jaap Fransen,Sindhu R Johnson,Murray Baron,Alan Tyndall,Marco Matucci-Cerinic,Raymond P. Naden,Thomas A. Medsger,Patricia Carreira,Gabriela Riemekasten,Philip J. Clements,Christopher P. Denton,Oliver Distler,Yannick Allanore,Daniel E. Furst,Armando Gabrielli,Maureen D. Mayes,Jacob M van Laar,James R. Seibold,László Czirják,Virginia D. Steen,Murat Inanc,Otylia Kowal-Bielecka,Ulf Müller-Ladner,Gabriele Valentini,Douglas J. Veale,Madelon C. Vonk,Ulrich A Walker,Lorinda Chung,David H. Collier,David H. Collier,Mary Ellen Csuka,Barri J. Fessler,Serena Guiducci,Ariane L. Herrick,Ariane L. Herrick,Vivien Hsu,Sergio A. Jimenez,Bashar Kahaleh,Peter A. Merkel,Peter A. Merkel,Stanislav Sierakowski,Richard M. Silver,Robert W. Simms,John Varga,Janet E. Pope +46 more
TL;DR: The ACR/EULAR classification criteria for SSc performed better than the 1980 ACR criteria and should allow for more patients to be classified correctly as having the disease.
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Criteria for the classification of early systemic sclerosis.
LeRoy Ec,Thomas A. Medsger +1 more
TL;DR: Criteria for the early diagnosis and classification of systemic sclerosis that reflect the vascular and serological advances of the last 2 decades are proposed.
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Assessment of disease severity and prognosis
Thomas A. Medsger,Stefano Bombardieri,L. Czirják,Raffaella Scorza,A. Della Rossa,Walter Bencivelli +5 more
TL;DR: The Subcommittee members initially agreed on the concepts of disease activity, damage and severity, defining severity as the total effect of disease on organ function.
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Raynaud's phenomenon: a proposal for classification.
LeRoy Ec,Thomas A. Medsger +1 more
TL;DR: This hypothesis is tested retrospectively on a group of 240 patients with Raynaud's phenomenon, and the proposed criteria permit classification in 215 of 240 cases or 89%, leaving 25 patients difficult to classify at initial evaluation.