Do worsening scleroderma capillaroscopic patterns, predict future severe organ involvement? A pilot study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1636-1639

  Smith, Vanessa ^a   Decuman, Saskia ^a   Sulli, Alberto ^b   Bonroy, Carolien ^a   Piettte, Yves ^a   Deschepper, Ellen ^c   De Keyser, Filip ^a   Cutolo, Maurizio ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III ANTIBODY; ENZYME ANTIBODY; PROSTANOID; TOPOISOMERASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY SCALE OF MEDSGER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CAPILLARIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PILOT PROJECTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84866118435     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200780     Document Type: Article

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