Commentary Open Access
Volume 4 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/hematol.4.028
New indications for nailfold videocapillaroscopy in the assessment and diagnosis of rheumatic diseases
Rafael Martín Holguera1, Juan Antonio de Juanes Méndez1,2, Belen Miguel Ibañez3, Olga Martínez González3, Manuel Martín Martínez3, Ana Isabel Turrión Nieves3,4
- 1Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain
- 2Group VisualMed Systems, University of Salamanca, Spain
- 3Reumatology Service, Salamanca University Hospital, Spain
- 4Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain
Corresponding Author
Rafael Martín Holguera, rafael.martin@usal.es
Received Date: March 23, 2025
Accepted Date: April 16, 2025
Martín Holguera R, de Juanes Méndez JA, Miguel Ibañez B, Martínez González O, Martín Martínez M, Turrión Nieves AI. New indications for nailfold videocapillaroscopy in the assessment and diagnosis of rheumatic diseases. J Clin Exp Hematol. 2025;4(1):7-10.
Copyright: © 2025 Martín Holguera RM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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