Characteristics of Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis complicated with calcinosis

Calcinosis is often observed in systemic sclerosis (SSc), but its pathogenesis remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to explore the association of clinical features with calcinosis in patients with SSc.A retrospective cohort study was performed analyzing 416 SSc patients from our SSc database. We examined the clinical features with relation to calcinosis and SSc.Calcinosis was observed in 24.0% of patients with SSc. The group with...