Decreased nailfold capillary density in limited scleroderma with pulmonary hypertension

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 81-86

  Ong, Yang Y ^a   Nikoloutsopoulos, Tony ^a   Bond, Colin P ^a   Smith, Malcolm D ^a   Ahern, Michael J ^a   Roberts Thomson, Peter J ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0032411469     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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