Medical Xpress - One large-scale study has demonstrated that patients meeting the 'very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis' (VEDOSS) criteria predominantly have the characteristic appearance of an early SSc pattern when they are investigated using a technique known as nailfold videocapillaroscopy. A second study showed that a new epitope-based blood test designed to detect SSc-specific autoantibodies may be helpful as a tool for diagnosis in patients suspected of having SSc.2 Nailfold videocapillaroscopy is a noninvasive, inexpensive and reproducible imaging method allowing the evaluation of structural changes in the peripheral microcirculation. Consisting of a combination of a microscope with a large magnification lens coupled with a digital video camera aided by specific software...>>>
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