Optical coherence tomography: A new tool to assess nail disease in psoriasis?

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-313

  Aydin, Sibel Zehra ^a,b   Ash, Zoe ^a   Del Galdo, Francesco ^a   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^a   Wakefield, Richard J ^a   Emery, Paul ^a   McGonagle, Dennis ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nail disease; Optical coherence tomography; Psoriasis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; METHOTREXATE; NAIL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 80052464711     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329434     Document Type: Review

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