Identification of transition from primary Raynaud's phenomenon to secondary Raynaud's phenomenon by nailfold videocapillaroscopy: Comment on the article by Hirschl et al. [7]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2102-2103

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a   Pizzorni, Carmen ^a   Sulli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SCREENING TEST; TISSUE NECROSIS; VIDEORECORDING; ANGIOSCOPY; BLOOD; DISEASE COURSE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NAIL; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; NAILS; PROGNOSIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34447523776     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22636     Document Type: Letter

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