Nailfold capillaroscopy in Buerger’s disease: A useful tool?
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Nailfold capillaroscopy in Buerger's disease: A useful tool?
Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO, or Buerger's disease) is a rare inflammatory vasculitis that commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries of the extremities of tobacco smokers between the ages of 25 and 50 years. Although the diagnosis is based on the clinical picture and angiographic findings, we studied the microvascular involvement by nailfold capillaroscopy. We evaluated by nailfold c...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Rheumatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2147-9720
DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheumatol.2014.015