Inflammatory myopathies in childhood: correlation between nailfold capillaroscopy findings and clinical and laboratory data
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Inflammatory myopathies in childhood: correlation between nailfold capillaroscopy findings and clinical and laboratory data.
OBJECTIVE Nailfold capillaroscopy is an important tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with rheumatic diseases, in particular dermatomyositis and scleroderma. A relationship has been observed in adults between improved capillaroscopic findings and reduced disease activity. Our aim was to correlate disease activity (clinical and laboratory data) and nailfold capillaroscopy findings i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.1435