Quantitative nailfold video capillaroscopy in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1699-1705

  Mercer, Louise K ^a   Moore, Tonia L ^a   Chinoy, Hector ^a   Murray, Andrea K ^a   Vail, Andy ^b   Cooper, Robert G ^a   Herrick, Ariane L ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Nailfold video capillaroscopy; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; MYOSITIS; MYOSITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; NAILFOLD VIDEO MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NAILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955754094     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq051     Document Type: Article

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