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By R. Pressat. 1980

30 31 Objective: Microangiopathy and dysregulation of the immune system play important roles in the 32 pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Factors that trigger vascular injury in SSc have not been 33 elucidated so far. To evaluate whether sex or expression of specific antinuclear auto-antibodies might 34 associate with the degree of microangiopathy we performed a systematic review summarizing what is 35 known about these associations. 36 Method: Standardized search of PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and the Cochrane library were 37 performed to identify studies, that report on auto-antibodies in SSc patients and microangiopathy, and for 38 the second search, that report on sex and microangiopathy. 39 Result: Eleven studies were included that report on the relationship between SSc specific auto-antibodies 40 and microangiopathy, and six studies were included that report on the association between sex and 41 microangiopathy. Contradictory results were found on the association between auto-antibodies and 42 microangiopathy, and no association was found between sex and microangiopathy based on the current 43 literature. 44 Conclusion: Based on this review of the literature we can conclude that sex does not seem to influence 45 degree of microangiopathy in SSc, while results on association between SSc specific auto-antibodies and 46 degree of microangiopathy were inconclusive. 47 modalities: NVC, dermoscopy, confocal microscopy, image

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