title: [Oral capillaroscopy: a new diagnostic method].
abstract: The morphological-functional study of microcirculation is of fundamental importance; in fact, the microvascular bed is directly involved both in autoimmune etiopathogenesis pathologies, and in acute and chronic inflammatory etiopathogenesis pathologies. Oral capillaroscopy is a very stimulating method for studying microcirculation, because of the possibility of studying small vessels in vivo by means of a microscope. Today, it is becoming more reliable thanks to the improvement of the observation tools (photography, videomicroscopy).
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Medicina Orale, Cattedra di Clinica Odontostomatologica, Università di Palermo, Italia. scardina@odonto.unipa.it
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Scardina
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Messina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D020678:Microscopic Angioscopy / Q000379:methods; D018715:Microscopy, Video / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*