Diagnostic criteria, severity classification and guidelines of localized scleroderma
Yoshihide Asano1, Manabu Fujimoto2, Osamu Ishikawa3
1Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
We established diagnostic criteria and severity classification of localized scleroderma because there is no established diagnostic criteria or widely accepted severity classification of the disease. Also, there has been no clinical guideline for localized scleroderma, so we established its clinical guideline ahead of all over the world. In particular, the clinical guideline was established by clinical questions based on evidence-based medicine according to the New Minds Clinical Practice Guideline Creation Manual (version 1.0). We aimed to make the guideline easy to use and reliable based on the newest evidence, and to present guidance as specific as possible for various clinical problems in treatment of localized scleroderma.
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