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6335855

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
In vivo capillary examination was performed on 80 patients included in a prospective study of Raynaud phenomenon (RP): 40 RP only (RPO), 20 undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) and 20 systemic scleroderma (SD) of less than 5 years' duration. On initial examination, SD-pattern capillary abnormalities were found in 7/40 patients with RP alone, 18/20 with UCTD and 19/20 with SD. On follow-up a change of diagnosis into a definite connective tissue disease occurred in 4 patients with UCTD; one patient with RP alone died with symptoms of myositis and fulminant pulmonary vasculitis. All five showed SD-pattern capillary abnormalities of the "active" type on initial examination. A significant correlation between the "slow" capillary pattern and the presence of anticentromere antibodies was also observed. Only one patient of 25 RPO with normal capillaries available for follow-up showed any change in clinical status.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0392-856X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-205
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Microvascular abnormalities as possible predictors of disease subsets in Raynaud phenomenon and early connective tissue disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't