Optical coherence tomography as a method for quantitative skin evaluation in systemic sclerosis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Mar;77(3):465-466. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210875. Epub 2017 Jan 30.

Authors

Natália Sotero Machado Pires¹, Andréa Tavares Dantas², Angela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte², Marcello Magri Amaral³, Luana Osório Fernandes¹, Tereza Januária Costa Dias¹, Luciana Santos Afonso de Melo⁴, Anderson Stevens Leônidas Gomes^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
² Department of Rheumatology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
³ Laboratory of Biophotonics, Center for Lasers and Applications, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Physics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

PMID: 28137916
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210875

No abstract available

Keywords: Autoimmune Diseases; Multidisciplinary team-care; Systemic Sclerosis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnostic imaging*
Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology
Severity of Illness Index
Skin / diagnostic imaging*
Skin / pathology
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
Young Adult