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Clinical utility of nailfold capillaroscopy

Internal Medicine Journal, 2022
AbstractNailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is a simple noninvasive microscopic technique used to identify characteristic morphological abnormalities in the nailfold capillaries. The presence of this microvasculopathy appears to be of fundamental importance in the pathological processes that underlie the scleroderma spectrum disorders (including ...
Peter J. Roberts‐Thomson, Karen A. Patterson, Jennifer G. Walker   +2 more
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Office capillaroscopy in systemic sclerosis

Clinical Rheumatology, 2006
The aims of this study are to assess the reliability of two office techniques, the ophthalmoscope and the Dermlite dermatoscope, and to detect nailfold capillaroscopy abnormalities in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Two separate studies were performed. In the first, the nailfolds of two fingers on one hand of 13 SSc patients and two normals were examined by ...
Murray, Baron, Mary, Bell, Arthur, Bookman, Maura, Buchignani, James, Dunne, Marie, Hudson, Dana, Jerome, Sindhu R, Johnson, Niall, Jones, Elzbieta, Kaminska, Terri, Lupton, Jean-Pierre, Mathieu, Janet, Pope, Russell, Steele, Suzanne, Taillefer   +14 more
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Enhancement of nailfold capillaroscopy images

Proceedings of 2012 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2012
Nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) is a non-invasive imaging technique employed to assess the condition of blood capillaries in the nailfold. It is particularly useful for early detection of scleroderma spectrum disorders and evaluation of Raynaud's phenomenon.
Niraj P. Doshi, Gerald Schaefer, Arcangelo Merla   +2 more
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[Capillaroscopy. An update].

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2013
This article reports relevant innovations 2 years after the publication of the German consensus on nomenclature and procedure of capillaroscopy in this journal. Standardization: certified training courses in capillaroscopy under the patronage of the Rheumatism Academy have reached over 300 rheumatologists nationwide.
J, Richter, C, Iking-Konert, M, Schneider, O, Sander   +3 more
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[Conjunctival capillaroscopy].

La Revue du praticien, 1989
Microcirculation is clearly visible and can be observed on the conjunctival mucosa by means of any microscope and notably with the slit lamp microscope of ophtalmologists. A glance at the conjunctival vessels may provide useful information on the quality of microcirculation generally and on the ischaemic or oedematous repercussions of lesions affecting
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Training in capillaroscopy: a growing interest.

The Journal of rheumatology, 2012
Capillaroscopy, particularly NVC, is a safe, noninvasive, and reliable tool that has recently gained an important role in early diagnosis, prediction of disease progression, and management of SSc. Further progression and optimization of the potentialities of nailfold videocapillaroscopy is linked to widespread training and education on its use.
CUTOLO, MAURIZIO, Smith V, SULLI, ALBERTO   +2 more
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Capillaroscopy

2015
Giorgio Filosa, Rossella De Angelis
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Nailfold capillaroscopy for the early diagnosis of the scleroderma spectrum of diseases in patients without Raynaud’s phenomenon

Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, 2022
Cassandra Hong, Ling Xiang, Seyed Ehsan Saffari   +2 more
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Methods of Assessing Nailfold Capillaroscopy Compared to Video Capillaroscopy in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis—A Critical Review of the Literature

Diagnostics, 2023
Zechen Ma, Douwe J Mulder, Robert Gniadecki   +2 more
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Microvascular Alteration in COVID-19 Documented by Nailfold Capillaroscopy

Diagnostics, 2023
Lucrezia Mondini, Paola Confalonieri, Michael Hughes   +2 more
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