Ultrasound characterization of the nail bed in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

CONCLUSIONS: Nail bed in SLE patients is thicker than in healthy individuals but thinner than in OA patients. Nail dystrophy in SLE is associated with advanced age, but not with accrued organ damage, disease activity, Raynaud's phenomenon, or DIP synovitis assessed by ultrasound.
PMID: 33470159 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Lupus - January 20, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Ferrusquia-Toriz D, Hernández-Díaz C, Amezcua-Guerra LM, Ventura-Ríos L, Higuera-Ortiz V, Lozada-Navarro AC, Silveira LH Tags: Lupus Source Type: research