Qualitative and quantitative assessment of nailfold capillaries by capillaroscopy in healthy volunteers;Qualitative und quantitative auswertung der nagelbett-kapillaren mittels kapillaroskopie bei gesunden erwachsenen

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Hoerth, Christian ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a   Katzenschlager, Reinhold ^b   Hirschl, Mirko ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Hanusch Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capillary density; Capillary morphology; Healthy adults; Nailfold capillaroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOSCOPY; AUSTRIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CAPILLARIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858611289     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000159     Document Type: Article

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