Seventeen-point dermal ultrasound scoring system - A reliable measure of skin thickness in patients with systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1559-1563

  Moore, T L ^a   Lunt, M ^a   McManus, B ^b   Anderson, M E ^a   Herrick, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermal ultrasound; Scleroderma; Skin score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 0345099468     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg435     Document Type: Article

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