Evaluation of retinal microvascular perfusion in systemic sclerosis: a case-control study

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jun;78(6):857-858. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214541. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
² Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Ocular Cell Transplantation, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
³ Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany eye.research101@gmail.com.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 30606740
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214541

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; inflammation; systemic sclerosis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Case-Control Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Microcirculation / physiology
Middle Aged
Retinal Vessels / physiopathology*
Scleroderma, Systemic / physiopathology*
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods