Quantitative videocapillaroscopy correlates with functional respiratory parameters: a clue for vasculopathy as a pathogenic mechanism for lung injury in systemic sclerosis
Abstract Background To determine whether lung involvement is related to microvascular perturbations, nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) was performed in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods A cross-sectional study was consecutively accomplished in 152 SSc patients. NVC, a pulmonary functi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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Series: | Arthritis Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1775-9 |