Progression of Organ Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Persistent “Late” Nailfold Capillaroscopic Pattern of Microangiopathy: A Prospective Study

Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino;

Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino;

Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino;

Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy;

Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;

Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino;

Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy. V. Smith is a Senior Clinical Investigator of the Research Foundation -Flanders, Brussels, Belgium (FWO) [1802915N]. C. Pizzorni, M. Cutolo, B. Ruaro, V. Smith, and A. Sulli are members of the European League Against Rheumatism Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases.