TY - JOUR T1 - Dr. Tebo, <em>et al</em>, reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.190594 SP - jrheum.190594 AU - Anne E. Tebo AU - Robert L. Schmidt AU - Tracy M. Frech Y1 - 2019/08/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/07/23/jrheum.190594.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the response by Drs. Jearn and Kim1 to our letter “Presence of Anti-topoisomerase I Antibody Alone May Not Be Sufficient for the Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis”2. We agree with Drs. Jearn and Kim that the antinuclear antibody (ANA)-negative accompanied by antitopoisomerase I antibody (anti-topo I) positivity is not sufficient to diagnose systemic sclerosis (SSc). ER -