Reliability of dermoscopy in the assessment of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 542-547

  Moore, Tonia L ^a   Roberts, Christopher ^b   Murray, Andrea K ^b   Helbling, Ingrid ^c   Herrick, Ariane L ^b  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Raynaud's phenomenon; Reliability; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CAPILLARIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; NAILS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RAYNAUD DISEASE;

EID: 77950542433     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep408     Document Type: Article

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