Different microvascular involvement in dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis. A preliminary study by tight videocapillaroscopic assessment

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.71, 2012, Pages

  De Angelis, Rossella ^a   Cutolo, Maurizio ^b   Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Bertolazzi, Chiara ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Systemic sclerosis; Videocapillaroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR AREA; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CAPILLARY; HOMOGENOUS ENLARGED CAPILLARY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGULARLY ENLARGED CAPILLARY; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; NEOANGIOGENESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLEEDING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84867360720     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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