Pos1237 microvascular Damage in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases: A Capillaroscopic Analysis From 20 Years of Experience in a Eular Training and Research Referral Center for Imaging
Abstract:BackgroundNailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) safely allows the detection of microvascular damage which can vary in terms of extent and severity (validated NVC patterns) in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) secondary to autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs).ObjectivesThe prevalence of the morphological capillary findings was retrospectively evaluated in a wide cohort of patients with RP secondary to a CTD at the time of the first single NVC analysis, independently from their current treatment, auto… Show more
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