Abstracts tagged "Capillaroscopy and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 785 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlation between Nailfold Capillary Number and Blood Perfusion in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Alberto Sulli¹, Barbara Ruaro¹, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Vanessa Smith², Sabrina Paolino³, Veronica Tomatis¹, Monica Pendolino¹ and Maurizio Cutolo¹, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Numerous articles have investigated peripheral microcirculation in primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) (1,2). Reports evaluating peripheral microcirculation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are scanty, but…