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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2022 Nov 25;401(10373):304–318. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01692-0

Figure 2: The 2013 American College of Rheumatology and European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for systemic sclerosis.

Figure 2:

A total score of 9 or higher is sufficient to classify a patient as having definite systemic sclerosis, in the absence of other causes for the individual criterion.18 These criteria were developed for research purposes and do not represent diagnostic criteria. *Maximum score of 2. †Maximum score of 3. MCP=metacarpophalangeal joint. PIP=proximal interphalangeal joint. VEDOSS=very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis.