Color Doppler ultrasonography of hand and finger arteries to differentiate primary from secondary forms of Raynaud's phenomenon

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1591-1598

  Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^a   Krause, Andreas ^a   Schicke, Bernd ^b   Wernicke, Dirk ^a  

^a Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^b Tumor Centrum Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Connective tissue disease; Peripheral arterial disease; Raynaud's disease; Systemic sclerosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BUERGER DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RAYNAUD DISEASE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 49049091349     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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