High frequency ultrasound measurement of digital dermal thickness in systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1140-1143

  Kaloudi, Olga ^a   Bandinelli, Francesca ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^b   Conforti, Maria Letizia ^a   Miniati, Irene ^a   Guiducci, Serena ^a   Porta, Francesco ^a   Candelieri, Antonio ^c   Conforti, Domenico ^c   Grassiri, Genesio ^d   Grassi, Walter ^b   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMIS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953726365     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.114843     Document Type: Article

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