title: Relationship between nailfold capillary microscopy and salivary capillary basement membrane width in Raynaud's disease and progressive systemic sclerosis.
abstract: To assess the relationship between a nailfold scleroderma pattern and histopathological data, we compared the results of nailfold capillaroscopy with capillary basement membrane width of labial salivary glands in 25 patients with either a Raynaud's disease (RD: 12 patients) or a progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS: 13 patients). The sensitivity of a capillaroscopic scleroderma pattern for capillary basement membrane thickness is of 75%. These results confirm the usefulness of in vivo capillary examination for the early diagnosis of PSS.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009262:Nails / Q000098:blood supply*; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000098:blood supply*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000473:pathology*