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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Capillary loss reflects disease activity and prognosis in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Ana Maria Gheorghiu, Raida Oneata, Ioan Ancuta, Alexandra Enuica, Octavian Linte, Liviu Macovei, Mihai Bojinca, Victor Stoica, Carina Mihai

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microvascular markers in systemic sclerosis: a comparative OCT-angiography and nailfold videocapillaroscopy study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Maria GheorghiuDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Raida OneataDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Ioan AncutaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Alexandra EnuicaOptoelectronica SA 2001, 050883 Bucharest, Romania.
Octavian LinteOptoelectronica SA 2001, 050883 Bucharest, Romania.
Liviu MacoveiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihai BojincaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Victor StoicaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Carina MihaiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020475 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROOptoelectronica-2001 (Romania) · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Capillary density on nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is considered a promising instrument for assessing disease characteristics in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), however, there is no agreement yet over how to analyze and interpret the results. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible associations of the mean number of capillaries with disease characteristics, disease activity [measured by the European Scleroderma Study Group (EScSG) disease activity score] and survival in a single-center cohort of patients with SSc. Sixty-eight patients were included; 54 had follow-up at 6 months. Thirty-two images per patient were assessed independently by two raters, scoring the mean number of capillaries in all fingers (N), in the 3rd finger of the dominant hand (dN

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capillary densitydigital ulcersdisease activitynailfold capillaroscopysurvivalsystemic sclerosis

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PMID32905140
PMCPMC7465178
OpenAlexW3041166226

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