Quantitative nailfold capillary microscopy findings in patients with acrocyanosis compared with patients having systemic sclerosis and control subjects

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 787-790

  Monticone, Giovanna ^a   Colonna, Laura ^a   Palermi, Giuliana ^a   Bono, Riccardo ^a   Puddu, Pietro ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCYANOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; NAIL BED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0034106484     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2000.103046     Document Type: Article

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