Cold-induced coronary Raynaud's phenomenon in patients with systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-140

  Lekakis, J ^a   Mavrikakis, M ^a   Emmanuel, M ^a   Prassopoulos, V ^a   Papazoglou, S ^a   Papamichael, C ^a   Moulopoulou, D ^a   Kostamis, P ^a   Stamatelopoulos, S ^a   Moulopoulos, S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary Raynaud's phenomenon; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLD; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 17944385487     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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