Ulnar artery occlusion is predictive of digital ulcers in ssc: A duplex sonography study

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 735-742

  Frerix, Marc ^a,b   Stegbauer, Johannes ^c   Dragun, Duska ^d   Kreuter, Alexander ^e   Weiner, Stefan M ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor autoantibodies; Digital ulcers; Duplexsonography; Endothelin 1 type A receptor autoantibodies; Scleroderma; SSc; Ulnar artery; US; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II ANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR CODED DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ULCER; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SKIN ULCER; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY OCCLUSION;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN ULCER; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84858639755     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker414     Document Type: Article

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