Clinical presentation, course, and prognosis of patients with mixed connective tissue disease: A multicenter retrospective cohort.
Kevin ChevalierBenjamin ThoreauMarc MichelBertrand GodeauChristian AgardThomas PapoKarim SacreRaphaèle SerorXavier MariettePatrice CacoubYgal BenhamouHervé LevesqueCécile GoujardOlivier LambotteBernard BonnotteMaxime SamsonFélix AckermannJean SchmidtPierre DuhautJean-Emmanuel KahnThomas HanslikNathalie Costedoat-ChalumeauBenjamin TerrierAlexis RegentBertrand DunoguePascal CohenVéronique Le GuernEric HachullaBenjamin ChaigneLuc MouthonPublished in: Journal of internal medicine (2023)
This study shows that MCTD is a distinct entity that can be classified using either Kasukawa or Sharp criteria, and that only 25.8% of patients progress to a dCTD during follow-up.