Digital ulcers as a sentinel sign for early internal organ involvement in very early systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-76

  Bruni, Cosimo ^a   Guiducci, Serena ^a   Bellando randone, Silvia ^a   Lepri, Gemma ^a   Braschi, Francesca ^a   Fiori, Ginevra ^a   Bartoli, Francesca ^a   Peruzzi, Francesca ^a   Blagojevic, Jelena ^a   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital ulcers; Oesophageal involvement; Very early systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGITAL PITTING SCAR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGER ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SENTINEL EVENT; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84928710200     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu296     Document Type: Article

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