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    Photoacoustic imaging is a novel tool to measure finger artery structure and oxygenation in patients with SSc

    Systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related digital ischaemia is a major cause of morbidity, resulting from a combination of microvascular and digital artery disease. Photoacoustic imaging offers a newly available, non-i...

    Sarah Wilkinson, James Cummings, Sakif Zafar, Martin Kozar in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Three-dimensional optoacoustic imaging of nailfold capillaries in systemic sclerosis and its potential for disease differentiation using deep learning

    The autoimmune disease systemic sclerosis (SSc) causes microvascular changes that can be easily observed cutaneously at the finger nailfold. Optoacoustic imaging (OAI), a combination of optical and ultrasound ...

    Suhanyaa Nitkunanantharajah, Katja Haedicke, Tonia B. Moore in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    GWAS for systemic sclerosis identifies multiple risk loci and highlights fibrotic and vasculopathy pathways

    Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease that shows one of the highest mortality rates among rheumatic diseases. We perform a large genome-wide association study (GWAS), and meta-analysis with previou...

    Elena López-Isac, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera, Martin Kerick in Nature Communications (2019)