Correlations between nailfold microangiopathy severity, finger dermal thickness and fingertip blood perfusion in systemic sclerosis patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 247-251

  Sulli, A ^a   Ruaro, B ^a   Alessandri, E ^a   Pizzorni, C ^a   Cimmino, M A ^a   Zampogna, G ^a   Gallo, M ^a   Cutolo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER DERMAL THICKNESS; FINGERTIP BLOOD PERFUSION; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIMB PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED RODNAN SKIN SCORE; NAILFOLD MICROANGIOPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

DISEASE ACTIVITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 84889677140     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202572     Document Type: Article

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