title: Hydroxychloroquine and joint involvement in systemic sclerosis: Preliminary beneficial results from a retrospective case-control series of an EUSTAR center.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy. Electronic address: cosimobruni85@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruni
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Bari, Piazzale Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Praino
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guiducci
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellando-Randone
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, 405, Hilgard Eve, 90095 Los Angeles (CA), USA.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Furst
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matucci-Cerinic
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006886:Hydroxychloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006886:Hydroxychloroquine
keywords: Arthritis; Hydroxychloroquine; Joint involvement; Pain; Systemic sclerosis; Treatment