Nailfold capillaroscopy and classification criteria for systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 663-665

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a   Matucci Cerinic, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillaroscopy; Scleroderma pattern; Systemic sclerosis; Sytemic sclerosis classification criteria

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CAPILLAROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NAIL BED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; NAILS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349005873     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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