The digital thermal hyperemia pattern is associated with the onset of digital ulcerations in systemic sclerosis during 3years of follow-up

Microvascular Research

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-122

  Blaise, S ^a,b   Roustit, M ^a,b   Carpentier, P ^a   Seinturier, C ^a   Imbert, B ^a   Cracowski, J L ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Capillaroscopy; Digital ulcer; Fluxmetry; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Microvascular blood flow; Prognosis value; Raynaud; Systemic sclerosis; Thermal hyperemia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ULCERATION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HEATING; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCAL THERMAL HYPEREMIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ANGIOSCOPY; COMPLICATION; FINGER; HYPEREMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84904665063     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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