Research Article

Isolated Ro52 Antibodies as Immunological Marker of a Mild Phenotype of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases

Table 1

Clinical and serological markers that predict the evolution to each definite connective tissue disease (CTD).

Disease Predictive evolution factors
ClinicalSerological

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)Serositis
Alopecia
Photosensitivity
Discoid rash
Anti-dsDNA
Anti-Sm
Antiphospholipid
Sjögren Syndrome (SS)Raynaud
Xerostomia
Anti-Ro
Anti-La
Systemic Sclerosis (Scl)Raynaud
Sclerodactyly
Esophageal dysfunction
ANA nucleolar pattern
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)PolyarthritisRheumatoid factor