Reliability of widefield capillary microscopy to measure nailfold capillary density in systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5 SUPPL. 62, 2010, Pages

  Hudson, M ^a,b   Masetto, A ^a,b   Steele, R ^a,b   Arthurs, E ^a,b   Baron, M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Reliability; Systemic sclerosis; Widefield microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NAILFOLD CAPILLARY DENSITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; WIDEFIELD CAPILLARY MICROSCOPY;

CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 78650583117     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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