Use of thermographic criteria to identify Raynaud's phenomenon in a population setting

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 720-722

  Cherkas, Lynn F ^a   Carter, Liisa ^a   Spector, Tim D ^b   Howell, Kevin J ^b   Black, Carol M ^b   MacGregor, Alex J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Cold challenge test; Raynaud's phenomenon; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITALIZATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIATION DETECTOR; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; WARMING;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037386003     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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