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Cyclophosphamide treatment improves microvessel damage in systemic sclerosis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Apr 2009
Caramaschi Paola, Volpe Alessandro, Pieropan Sara, Tinazzi Ilaria, Mahamid Helal, Bambara Lisa Maria, Biasi Domenico
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The objective of this study is to evaluate nailfold videocapillaroscopy changes in scleroderma patients treated regularly on cyclic basis with iloprost and to find associations with clinical, serologic, and pharmacological variables. Forty-nine patients affected by systemic sclerosis (44 women and five men, mean age 52.4 years, mean disease duration 8.0 years, 31 patients with limited cutaneous subset and 18 with...
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