Assessment of nailfold capillaroscopy by x 30 digital epiluminescence (dermoscopy) in patients with Raynaud phenomenon

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 892-898

  Beltran E ^a   Toll, A ^a   Pros, A ^a   Carbonell, J ^a   Pujol, R M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capillaroscopy; Dermoscopy; Digital epiluminescence; Raynaud phenomenon; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NAIL BED; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 34247388871     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07819.x     Document Type: Article

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