The handheld dermatoscope as a nail-fold capillaroscopic instrument

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1027-1030

  Bergman, Reuven ^a   Sharony, Laura ^a   Schapira, Dan ^a   Nahir, Menachem A ^a   Balbir Gurman, Alexandra ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DERMATOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NAIL DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 0041520873     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.8.1027     Document Type: Article

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