Capillaroscopy--an insufficiently known and underused method in rheumatology
Baresić, M.; Anić, B.
Reumatizam 56(1): 41-44
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0374-1338 PMID: 20954308 Document Number: 629766
Capillaroscopy is a noninvasive and harmless morphological method for examination of the nailfold capillaries in both suspected and already diagnosed patients with systemic connective disease. The most useful aspect is in discrimination between the patients with primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon. Many of the mentioned features should make capillaroscopy a part of the diagnostic algorithm and follow-up in everyday rheumatologic practice.