unige.it Objective The aim of this study was to identify possible correlations between nailfold microangiopathy severity, finger dermal thickness (DT) and fingertip blood perfusion (FBP) in systemic ...

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2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Genova, Italy 3 Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Department of Clinical ...

Participants were surveyed by means of phone, face-to-face interview and/or postal questionnaire. Twenty-six studies included a physical examination that also included blood testing (including ...

Background: Cytokines play a vital role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). Here, we investigated the expression of serum cytokine profiles in untreated IIMs and their ...

A 6-year-old boy was apparently well 4 months prior reporting to the clinic, when his parents noticed an asymptomatic, progressive change in the texture of his fingernails and toenails. They ...

In contrast, at last follow-up, 40% (n=8/20) of the patients met both classification criteria. All seven patients with HEp-2 IIF-negative scleromyositis had an abnormal SSc-type nailfold ...