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Virtual skin biopsy by optical coherence tomography: the first quantitative imaging biomarker for scleroderma

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  • Giuseppina Abignano Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sibel Zehra Aydin Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Concepción Castillo-Gallego Unit of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Vasiliki Liakouli Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK Rheumatology Unit, Clinical Science and Biotechnology Department, University of L'Aquila, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel Woods Unit of Rheumatology, Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, Kent, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adam Meekings Unit of Rheumatology, Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, Kent, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Richard J Wakefield Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dennis G McGonagle Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paul Emery Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Francesco Del Galdo Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Francesco Del Galdo, Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds ls9 7pf, UK; f.delgaldo{at}leeds.ac.uk
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Abignano G, Aydin SZ, Castillo-Gallego C, et al
Virtual skin biopsy by optical coherence tomography: the first quantitative imaging biomarker for scleroderma
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2013;72:1845-1851.

Publication history

  • Received September 17, 2012
  • Revised December 19, 2012
  • Accepted January 27, 2013
  • First published February 20, 2013.
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October 03, 2013

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