Cold stimulus fingertip lacticemy test--an effective method to monitor acute therapeutic intervention on primary Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis.

Fontenelle, S M A; Kayser, C; Pucinelli, M L C; Andrade, L E C

Fontenelle, S M A; Kayser, C; Pucinelli, M L C; Andrade, L E C.

Affiliation

Fontenelle SM; Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil.

Rheumatology (Oxford) ; 47(1): 80-3, 2008 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18077495

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Cold Temperature; Drug Monitoring/methods; Fingers/pathology; Nifedipine/therapeutic use; Raynaud Disease/diagnosis; Scleroderma, Systemic/diagnosis; Vasodilator Agents/therapeutic use; Administration, Sublingual; Adult; Cross-Over Studies; Double-Blind Method; Female; Fingers/blood supply; Humans; Lactic Acid/blood; Male; Microcirculation/drug effects; Microcirculation/pathology; Microcirculation/physiopathology; Middle Aged; Raynaud Disease/blood; Raynaud Disease/drug therapy; Raynaud Disease/etiology; Scleroderma, Diffuse/blood; Scleroderma, Diffuse/complications; Scleroderma, Diffuse/diagnosis; Scleroderma, Diffuse/drug therapy; Scleroderma, Localized/blood; Scleroderma, Localized/complications; Scleroderma, Localized/diagnosis; Scleroderma, Localized/drug therapy; Scleroderma, Systemic/blood; Scleroderma, Systemic/complications; Scleroderma, Systemic/drug therapy; Treatment Outcome

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Database: MEDLINE Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Aromoterapia Main subject: Raynaud Disease / Scleroderma, Systemic / Vasodilator Agents / Nifedipine / Drug Monitoring / Cold Temperature / Fingers Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Language: En Journal: Rheumatology (Oxford) Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil

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