Further confirmation that digital ulcers are associated with the severity of abnormality on nailfold capillaroscopy in patients with systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 376-377

  Ennis, Holly ^a   Moore, Tonia ^a   Murray, Andrea ^a   Vail, Andy ^b   Herrick, Ariane L ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; FINGER ULCER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; NAIL; NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN CAPILLARY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 84892551224     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket386     Document Type: Letter

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