The poor man's capillary microscope. A novel technique for the assessment of capillary morphology

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 435-437

  Bauersachs, Rupert M ^a,c   Lößner, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030786482     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.7.435     Document Type: Article

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