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SUBMITTER: Minopoulou I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8038744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Minopoulou Ioanna I Theodorakopoulou Marieta M Boutou Afroditi A Arvanitaki Alexandra A Pitsiou Georgia G Doumas Michael M Sarafidis Pantelis P Dimitroulas Theodoros T
Journal of clinical medicine 20210406 7
Systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) is a leading cause of mortality in SSc. The extent of peripheral microvasculopathy assessed through nailfold capillaroscopy might correlate with the presence of PAH in SSc patients. We searched the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science databases and performed a random effects meta-analysis of observational studies comparing nailfold capillaroscopic alterations in SSc-PAH versus SSc-noPAH patients. Weighted ...[more]