Background: Nailfold capillaroscopy is a safe and useful investigational tool that allows an early detection and a qualitative description of the microvascular abnormalities in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to scleroderma-spectrum disorders. Nowadays, the role of capillaroscopy in the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis is well...
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2018 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2013 (v1)Publication
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2015 (v1)Publication
Objective: Qualitative capillaroscopy patterns in juvenile- and adult-onset systemic sclerosis (SSc) were studied in adulthood using data from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database. Methods: Data collected between June 2004 and April 2013 were examined with focus on capillaroscopy. In this retrospective exploratory study,...
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2016 (v1)Publication
Objective. To propose simple capillaroscopic definitions for interpretation of capillaroscopic morphologies and to assess inter-rater reliability. Methods. The simple definitions proposed were: normal—hairpin, tortuous or crossing; abnormal—not hairpin, not tortuous and not crossing; not evaluable—whenever rater undecided between normal and...
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