The 'distal-dorsal difference': A thermographic parameter by which to differentiate between primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-538

  Anderson, M E ^a   Moore, T L ^b   Lunt, M ^b   Herrick, Ariane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Raynaud's phenomenon; Systemic sclerosis; Thermography

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINGER; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847419276     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel330     Document Type: Article

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