A prospective study of systemic sclerosis-related digital ulcers: Prevalence, location, and functional impact

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 483-486

  Ennis, H ^a   Vail, A ^b   Wragg, E ^c   Taylor, A ^c   Moore, T ^a   Murray, A ^a   Muir, L ^c   Griffiths, C E M ^a   Herrick, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COCHIN HAND FUNCTION SCALE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FINGER ULCER; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOBILITY IN SCLERODERMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA FUNCTIONAL INDEX; SCLERODERMA HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84887956833     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2013.780095     Document Type: Review

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