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A preliminary study of skin ultrasound in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: Does skin echogenicity matter?

He LiuYong HouQing-Li ZhuDong XuLiang WangJian-Chu LiYu-Xin JiangQian WangMeng-Tao LiFeng-Chun ZhangXiao-Feng Zeng
Published in: PloS one (2017)
Skin ultrasound is feasible for assessing the skin involvement in dcSSc. Skin echogenicity correlates with skin thickness, stiffness, and mRSS. ARFI quantification may be more sensitive to detect skin changes, compared with skin echogenicity and thickness.
Keyphrases
  • soft tissue
  • wound healing
  • systemic sclerosis
  • ultrasound guided
  • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis