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Nailfold capillary microscopy
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Microscopic examination of nailfold capillaries is accepted as an investigational tool for adults with connective tissue diseases. Abnormalities are found in more than 80% of adult patients with scleroderma or related disorders. There are fewer data about children but workers in Birmingham (
) have described their findings in healthy adults and children and in children with rheumatic diseases.
They performed nailfold capillary microscopy (nailfold capillaroscopy, NFC) …