Might Nailfold Capillaroscopy Be a "Proxy" for Lung Involvement in Connective Tissue Diseases?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, and Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium; vanessa.smith@ugent.be.
² Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute for Research and Health Care San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Editorial

Vanessa Smith et al. J Rheumatol. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;46(9):1061-1063.

doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181408.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, and Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium; vanessa.smith@ugent.be.
² Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute for Research and Health Care San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

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Abnormal Nailfold Capillaroscopy Is Common in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease and Associated with Abnormal Pulmonary Function Tests.
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