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ACR
Diagnostic Criteria for Systemic Scleroderma
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Major
Criteria
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Minor
Criteria*
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| Proximal sclerodermatous skin changes (proximal to the metacarpophalangeal joints) | Sclerodactyly |
| Digital pitting scars of fingertips or loss of substance of the distal finger pad | |
| Bibasilar pulmonary fibrosis | |
| *
The patient should fulfill the major criterion or two of the three minor
criteria Adapted from reference 10. |
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