unige.it Objective The aim of this study was to identify possible correlations between nailfold microangiopathy severity, finger dermal thickness (DT) and fingertip blood perfusion (FBP) in systemic ...

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2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Genova, Italy 3 Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Department of Clinical ...

Sometimes, it is difficult to distinguish between SSc and non-SSc cases as patients have overlap conditions. Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is another key technique used to help diagnose SSc. NFC is a ...

Participants were surveyed by means of phone, face-to-face interview and/or postal questionnaire. Twenty-six studies included a physical examination that also included blood testing (including ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can involve many parts of the eye, including the eyelid, ocular adnexa, sclera, cornea, uvea, retina and optic nerve. Ocular manifestations of SLE are common and may ...

Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, 20 Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia Minderoo Centre − Plastics and Human Health, ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease of the pulmonary vasculature, resulting in elevated pressure in the pulmonary arteries and disrupting the physiological coordination between the right ...

A 6-year-old boy was apparently well 4 months prior reporting to the clinic, when his parents noticed an asymptomatic, progressive change in the texture of his fingernails and toenails. They ...