Predictive value of nailfold capillaroscopy in the diagnosis of connective tissue diseases

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 148-153

  Blockmans, D ^a   Beyens, G ^a   Verhaeghe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

capillaroscopy; megacapillaries; scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL BED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SYNDROME CREST;

ANGIOSCOPY; CAPILLARIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029981204     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02230332     Document Type: Article

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