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Episode #68 Dr. Duncan F. Moore:Rheumatologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

February 26, 2024 • Ann • Season 3 • Episode 68

Today's guest is Dr. Duncan Moore from the Northwestern Scleroderma Center. Our topic today is classification and diagnosis of scleroderma. There is a classification point system that rheumatologists can use to help determine diagnosis. Dr. Moore talks through the classification system. We discuss the differences between diffuse cutaneous systemic Sclerosis and limited cutaneous systemic Sclerosis. We end with Dr. Moore and the scleroderma center offering to coordinate with your local rheumatologist to help with diagnosis and treatment.

1. The 2008 paper by Koenig et al. which describes various rates of progression from Raynaud's phenomenon to systemic sclerosis. Free to access. [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.24038]

2. The 2013 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis. Free to access. [https://ard.bmj.com/content/72/11/1747.long]