Autonomic dysfunction and microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1278-1283

  Franco, Manuela ^a   Paradiso, Michele ^b   Riccieri, Valeria ^a   Basili, Stefania ^a   Mammarella, Antonio ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Giovanni Calibita   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Heart rate variability; Nailfold capillaroscopy; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PROGNOSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34447132076     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0492-y     Document Type: Article

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