Clinical and laboratory tests and nailfold capillaroscopy were performed in all patients.
Daniela Gerent Petry Piotto, Cláudio Arnaldo Len, Maria Odete Esteves Hilário, MariaTeresa Ramos Ascensão Terreri 2012, 'Capilaroscopia periungueal em crianças e adolescentes com doenças reumáticas Nailfoldcapillaroscopy in children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases', Revista Brasileira de Reumatologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042012000500007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Morphological changes were observed by nailfold capillaroscopy in 86 out of 106 (81%) diabetic patients.
Maria Górska, Anna Zonnenberg, Wiesław Zarzycki, Artur Dubicki, Anna Kuryliszyn-Moskal 2011, 'Microvascular abnormalities in capillaroscopy correlate with higher serum IL-18 andsE-selectin levels in patients with type 1 diabetes complicated by microangiopathy',Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologicahttp://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4150. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nailfold capillaroscopy was performed in 22 patients; 17 showed a scleroderma pattern.
Daniel Antunes Silva Pereira, Olívia Meira Dias, Guilherme Eler de Almeida, MarianaSponholz Araujo, Letícia Barbosa Kawano-Dourado, Bruno Guedes Baldi, Ronaldo AdibKairalla, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho 2015, 'Lung-dominant connective tissue disease among patients with interstitial lung disease:prevalence, functional stability, and common extrathoracic features', Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132015000200151&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nailfold cappilaroscopy showed that evidence of devascularization was absent in both groups.
Gabriela Poglia Fonseca, Fabiane Mulinari Brenner, Carolina de Souza Muller, AdmaLima Wojcik 2011, 'Uso da capilaroscopia ungueal como método diagnóstico e prognóstico de rosácea Nailfoldcapillaroscopy as a diagnostic and prognostic method in rosacea', Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962011000100011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, in 20 of the 26 examinations clinical and laboratory data and nailfold capillaroscopy findings correlated (p = 0.01).
Ana K. S. Nascif, Maria T. R. A. Terreri, Cláudio A. Len, Luis E. C. Andrade, MariaO. E. Hilário 2006, 'Miopatias inflamatórias na infância: correlações clínica e laboratorial com alteraçõescapilaroscópicas Inflammatory myopathies in childhood: correlation between nailfoldcapillaroscopy findings and clinical and laboratory data', Jornal de Pediatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572006000100009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The nailfold capillaroscopy was performed with an optical microscope (at 10- and 16-time magnifications) by the same observer.
Daniela Gerent Petry Piotto, Cláudio Arnaldo Len, Maria Odete Esteves Hilário, MariaTeresa Ramos Ascensão Terreri 2012, 'Capilaroscopia periungueal em crianças e adolescentes com doenças reumáticas Nailfoldcapillaroscopy in children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases', Revista Brasileira de Reumatologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042012000500007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, an analytical approach to nailfold capillaroscopy can be useful in quantitatively and reproducibly recording various parameters.
S. Zeni, L. Zahalkova, P. Boracchi, R. Gualtierotti, F. Ingegnoli, C. Lubatti, A.Soldi, F. Fantini 2011, 'Nailfold capillaroscopic report: qualitative and quantitative methods', Reumatismohttp://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/397. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nailfold capillaroscopy showed a scleroderma pattern and muscle biopsy revealed necrosis, regeneration of muscle fibers, and inflammatory infiltrate.
Joana Cochicho, João Madaleno, Emília Louro, Adélia Simão, Armando Carvalho 2015, 'Polymyositis and the Spectrum of Scleroderma Disorders', European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicinehttp://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/346. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)