Thumb involvement in Raynaud's phenomenon as an indicator of underlying connective tissue disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-786

  Chikura, Batsi ^a   Moore, Tonia ^a   Manning, Joanne ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Herrick, Ariane L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Connective tissue diseases; Raynaud's phenomenon; Systemic sclerosis; Thermography; Thumb sparing

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERMOGRAPHY; THUMB;

EID: 77950634411     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091117     Document Type: Article

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