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Raynaud's phenomenon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) is an episodic vasospasm of the peripheral arterioles, causing pallor followed by cyanosis and redness of the fingers and toes, usually in response to stress or cold exposure.
Andrade, Luiz Eduardo Coelho   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Nail-fold capillaroscopy for the dermatologists

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 2021
Nail fold is one of the most accessible sites for studying changes in the microcirculation in various microangiopathies. The characterization of changes in microvasculature can provide useful clues towards the diagnosis and prognosis of a disease. The diagnostic utility of nail fold capillaroscopy has improved and expanded over the past couple of ...
Chander, Grover   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Microcirculation Disorders in Patients with Severe COVID-19

open access: yesВестник анестезиологии и реаниматологии, 2021
Impaired microcirculation due  to endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19  is considered  to be  the most important link in the pathogenesis of this disease. However, due  to  the  complexity of its  instrumental  assessment  in critically ill patients,  the
E. E. Ladozhskaya-Gapeenko   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Capillaroscopy in 2016 : new perspectives in systemic sclerosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology characterized by early impairment of the microvascular system. Nailfold microangiopathy and decreased peripheral blood perfusion are typical clinical aspects of SSc.
Cutolo, M   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: A Rare Contemporary Case After a Decade of Declining Incidence

open access: yesJEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a rare fibrosing disorder associated with exposure to gadolinium‐based contrast agents in patients with renal impairment. Although its incidence has markedly declined since the restriction of high‐risk linear gadolinium agents, sporadic cases may still occur.
Marta Sánchez Díaz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Absence of correlation between morphological and biochemical alterations in the microcirculation of patients with systemic sclerosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
OBJECTIVE: The cold stimulus-fingertip lacticemy test (CS-FTL) evaluates a microcirculation biochemical component and presents abnormal results in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Andrade, Luiz Eduardo Coelho   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Nail Disorders in Systemic Conditions

open access: yesJEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nail findings in children can be indicative of an underlying systemic disease. Many of these findings are seen in multiple entities and are not specific to one disease. The importance of specifically examining for these nail changes cannot be overstated.
Jane Sanders Bellet
wiley   +1 more source

Nailfold Capillaroscopy Analysis Can Add a New Perspective to Biomarker Research in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis

open access: yesDiagnostics
Background: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) includes granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), all of which are characterised ...
Gianluca Screm   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Calcinosis Cutis and Delayed‐Onset Myositis in a Case of Suspected Localized Scleroderma: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge

open access: yesPediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 16‐year‐old girl presenting with calcinosis cutis and localized scleroderma subsequently developed delayed‐onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathy five years after initial skin involvement. Despite the absence of typical dermatomyositis features and negative myositis‐specific antibodies, whole‐body MRI revealed extensive subclinical muscle ...
Edoardo Marrani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

High Speed Digital Video Capillaroscopy: Nailfold Capillary Shape Analysis and Red Blood Cell Velocity Measurement

open access: yesJournal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2007
Nailfold capillaroscopy has been shown to reflect microvascular disturbances mainly in connective tissue diseases, and the development of video capillaroscopy made it possible to determine capillary red blood cell velocity by measuring the displacement ...
Masao WATANABE   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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