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1/12/2016
Vascular endothelial growth factor in systemic lupus erythematosus
Correlations with disease activity and nailfold capillaroscopy changes
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7/10/2014
The digital thermal hyperemia pattern is associated with the onset of digital...
One of the most important skin complications in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is digital...
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7/2/2014
Abnormal nail fold capillaroscopic findings in patients with coronary slow flow...
The coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) is the delayed opacification of coronary...
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6/12/2014
Nailfold capillaroscopy in primary biliary cirrhosis: a useful tool for the...
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is frequently associated with other autoimmune...
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5/16/2014
Early systemic sclerosis: Analysis of the disease course in patients with...
Our data demonstrate faster progression of SSc in autoantibody-positive patients,...
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Capillaroscopy in clinical practice
Nailfold videocapillaroscopy represents the safest, non invasive, less expensive and reliable method to analyze microvascular abnormalities in systemic sclerosis.
Since microvascular damage and dysfunction represent early markers of systemic sclerosis and are clinically mirrored by secondary Raynaud phenomenon, the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic implications of microvessel morphological analysis by nailfold videocapillaroscopy enables the best clinical management.
¬ Read AllAnalysis of the microcirculation
The study of the skin microcirculation in the clinical management
The early differential diagnosis between primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon is the best advantage nailfold capillaroscopy may offer.
Raynaud’s phenomenon represents the most frequent clinical aspect of cardio/microvascular involvement and is a key feature of several autoimmune rheumatic diseases.