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This research aims to determine whether anti-vinculin autoantibodies play a significant role in the diagnosis of SSc and_(2) compare anti-vinculin serum levels between two scleroderma patient populations, namely, pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH)-predominant and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-predominant groups. Methods This research included 140 participants categorized into three groups: group I-patients with PAH-predominant; group II-patients with ILD-predominant; group III-the control group. The SSc group showed significantly higher antivinculin antibody levels than the control group (P and amp;lt; 0.001). The PAH-predominant group demonstrated . . .
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