Inflammatory myopathies in childhood: Correlation between nailfold capillaroscopy findings and clinical and laboratory data

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Nascif, Ana K S ^a   Terreri, Maria T R A ^a,b   Len, Cláudio A ^a   Andrade, Luis E C ^a   Hilário, Maria O E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIFESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Inflammatory myopathies; Juvenile dermatomyositis; Nailfold capillaroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERODERMA;

ADOLESCENT; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MYOSITIS; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 33645990331     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1435     Document Type: Article

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