Skin perfusion of fingers shows a negative correlation with capillaroscopic damage in patients with systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-99

  Rosato, Edoardo ^a   Giovannetti, Antonello ^a   Pisarri, Simonetta ^a   Salsano, Felice ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CAPILLAROSCOPY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; LETTER; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THERMOREGULATION;

FINGERS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 84871869969     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.121042     Document Type: Letter

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