Impact and associates of digital pitting in patients with systemic sclerosis: a pilot study.

Conclusions: Digital pitting is painful and impacts on hand function. Capillaroscopy findings provide further support for an association between pitting and severity of digital vascular change. Larger, more comprehensive studies are required to examine the pathophysiology of pitting and to pave the way to therapeutic intervention, ideally including preventive strategies. PMID: 31928291 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31928291?dopt=Abstract

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology - January 12, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Nolan E, Manning J, Heal C, Moore T, Herrick AL Tags: Scand J Rheumatol Source Type: research