Serum Adhesion Molecule Levels as Prognostic Markers in Patients with Early Systemic Sclerosis: A Multicentre, Prospective, Observational Study

• Minoru Hasegawa ,

  * E-mail: minoruha@u-fukui.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Yoshihide Asano,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hirahito Endo,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Manabu Fujimoto,

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Daisuke Goto,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Hironobu Ihn,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Katsumi Inoue,

  Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Osamu Ishikawa,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

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• Yasushi Kawaguchi,

  Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masataka Kuwana,

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Fumihide Ogawa,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Hiroki Takahashi,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Sumiaki Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Shinichi Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Takehara

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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