Microvascular abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-429

  Scardina, Giuseppe A ^a   Messina, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillaroscopy; Labial mucosa; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIP; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING;

EID: 33746876764     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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