Microvascular damage in autoimmune connective tissue diseases: a capillaroscopic analysis from 20 years of experience in a EULAR training and research referral centre for imaging.

Elvis HysaCarmen PizzorniSilvia SammorìEmanuele GotelliAndrea CereCarlotta SchenoneGiorgia FerrariRosanna CampitielloVeronica GerliSabrina PaolinoAlberto SulliVanessa Smith Maurizio Cutolo

Published in: RMD open (2023)

This large size sample of patients with CTDs, collected over 20 years of analysis, confirms the highest prevalence of specific capillaroscopic alterations in patients with SSc, DM and MCTD, when compared with other CTDs.

Keyphrases

primary care
high resolution
multiple sclerosis
oxidative stress
risk factors
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
fluorescence imaging
glycemic control