The diagnostic accuracy of power Doppler ultrasonography for differentiating secondary from primary Raynaud's phenomenon in undifferentiated connective tissue disease

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 783-786

  Kim, Sang Hyon ^a   Kim, Hyun Ok ^b   Jeong, Yong Geun ^b   Lee, Sang Yong ^c   Yoo, Wan Hee ^c   Choi, Tae Hyun ^d   Lee, Sang Il ^b  

^a Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Raynaud's phenomenon; Ultrasonography; Undifferentiated connective tissue disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULATURE; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 43249087781     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0851-y     Document Type: Article

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