Reliability of simple capillaroscopic definitions in describing capillary morphology in rheumatic diseases

Maurizio Cutolo¹, Karin Melsens^{2

3}, Ariane L Herrick⁴, Ivan Foeldvari⁵, Ellen Deschepper⁶, Filip De Keyser^{2

3}, Oliver Distler⁷, Francesca Ingegnoli⁸, Yora Mostmans^{9

10

11}, Ulf Müller-Ladner^{12

13}, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Valeria Riccieri¹⁴, Barbara Ruaro¹, Alberto Sulli¹, Amelia C Trombetta¹, Amber Vanhaecke^{2

3}, Vanessa Smith^{2

3}; EULAR Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases

Affiliations

¹ Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
² Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Biostatistics Unit, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Division of Rheumatology, Instituto Gaetano Pini, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of Immunology and Allergology (CIA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
¹² Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kerckhoff Clinic Bad Nauheim, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
¹³ Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University Sapienza Rome, Rome, Italy.

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Maurizio Cutolo et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018.

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. 2018 Apr 1;57(4):757-759.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex460.

¹ Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
² Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Biostatistics Unit, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Division of Rheumatology, Instituto Gaetano Pini, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of Immunology and Allergology (CIA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
¹² Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kerckhoff Clinic Bad Nauheim, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
¹³ Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University Sapienza Rome, Rome, Italy.

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