%0 Journal Article
%A Sciascia, Savino
%A Cecchi, Irene
%A Massara, Carlo
%A Rossi, Daniela
%A Radin, Massimo
%A Ladehesa, Pineda Lourdes
%A Guiñazu, Francisco
%A Rubini, Elena
%A Foddai, Silvia Grazietta
%A Alba, Paula
%A Escudero, Alejandro
%A Menegatti, Elisa
%A Roccatello, Dario
%T Thermography in systemic sclerosis patients and other rheumatic diseases: Diagnosis, disease activity assessment, and therapeutic monitoring.
%D 2019
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14831
%X The recent advancement of knowledge and management strategiesof patients with autoimmune conditions such as systemic sclerosis(SSc), inflammatory arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)achieved during the last years, lead to the clear-cut improvement ofpatients' quality of life and reduced long-term disability [1–5]. Nowadays, new imaging techniques in autoimmune-rheumatic diseases areexpanding the possibilities to achieve an early diagnosis, an appropriatefollow-up, evaluation of disease activity, monitoring, and response totreatment in the affected patients. Among these techniques, infraredthermography represents a promising tool in order to assess vascularand joint involvement in autoimmune patients
%K Autoimmune disease
%K Imaging
%K Raynaud's phenomenon
%K Rheumatic disease
%K Systemic sclerosis
%K Thermography
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