Long-term follow-up of nailfold videocapillaroscopic microvascular parameters in mixed connective tissue disease versus systemic sclerosis patients: a retrospective cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that nailfold microvascular damage does not seem to be significantly progressive in MCTD patients during a three-year follow-up. MCTD patients show significantly lower number of enlarged/giant capillaries, but higher number of total and normal capillaries than SSc patients at first nailfold capillaroscopy. The identification of a specific NVC pattern in MCTD patients is not yet possible. PMID: 31587695 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research