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. 2024 Jan 4;63(1):e17-e19.
doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead355.

Rapid handheld measurements of skin and subcutaneous tissue stiffness in systemic sclerosis

Shramana Ghosh  1   2 , Katie A O'Connell  2 , Shinwho Kwun  1   2 , Hayden B Smith  1   2   3 , Catherine H Phillips  4 , Tyra Silaphet  1   2 , Bohan Jiang  1   2 , Andrew J McNeil  1   2 , Inga Saknite  2 , Tracy M Frech  1   5 , Eric R Tkaczyk  1   2   3
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Rapid handheld measurements of skin and subcutaneous tissue stiffness in systemic sclerosis

Shramana Ghosh et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Myoton stiffness parameter plotted against the body site’s local mRSS score (0 unaffected to 3 most severely affected). Outlier with high stiffness for mRSS: 0 (top arrow) is the shin of a patient with late dcSSc. This patient with late diffuse disease had hidebound skin and elevated dermal thickness (2.4 mm) at the shin when compared with the patient with limited disease (1.7 mm)
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