Role of videocapillaroscopy in early detection of transition from primary to secondary Raynaud's fenomenon in systemic sclerosis

• Main Authors: B. Seriolo (Author), S. Paolino (Author), M. Parodi (Author), C. Pizzorni (Author), M. Grollero (Author), A. Sulli (Author), M.E. Secchi (Author), M. Cutolo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Patients initially diagnosed as having primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP) may shift to secondary (SRP) during the follow-up. Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is a tool that allows to distinguish between PRP and SRP through the identification of the "early" scleroderma-pattern of mic...