The assessment of malnutrition and severity of gastrointestinal disease using symptom-based questionnaires in systemic sclerosis: is it related to severe organ involvement or capillary rarefaction at microcirculation?

Yalcinkaya Y., Erturk Z., Unal A. U., Tahra S. K., Pehlivan O., Atagunduz P., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.38, sa.3, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: systemic sclerosis, malnutrition, gastrointestinal disease, UNIVERSITY-OF-CALIFORNIA, NUTRITIONAL-STATUS, NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY, LOS-ANGELES, MORTALITY, VALIDITY, VERSION, RELIABILITY, OUTPATIENTS, VALIDATION
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective. Gastrointestinal (GI) system is commonly affected in sytemic sclerosis (SSc) patients who are also known to be at risk for malnutrition. We aimed to investigate the relationship between severity of GI disease, malnutrition and severity of organ involvement including microvasculopathy.