Nail fold capillaroscopy: Normal findings in children and adolescents

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-42

  Terreri, M T R A ^a   Andrade, L E C ^a   Puccinelli, M L ^a   Hilario, M O E ^a   Goldenberg, J ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Microcirculation; Nail fold capillaroscopy; Raynaud's phenomenon; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLEEDING; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CHILD; DEVASCULARIZATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPE; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

EID: 0032866197     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(99)80036-5     Document Type: Article

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