Na+ deposition in the fibrotic skin of systemic sclerosis patients detected by 23Na-magnetic resonance imaging Article Swipe
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Christoph Kopp
,
Christian Beyer
,
Peter Linz
,
Anke Dahlmann
,
Matthias Hammon
,
Jonathan Jantsch
,
Patrick Neubert
,
Daniela Rosenhauer
,
Dominik N. Müller
,
Alexander Cavallaro
,
Kai‐Uwe Eckardt
,
Georg Schett
,
Friedrich C. Luft
,
Michael Uder
,
Jörg H. W. Distler
,
Jens Titze
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· 2016
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew371
· OA: W2565669155
YOU?
·
· 2016
· Open Access
·
· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew371
· OA: W2565669155
23 Na-MRI detected increased Na + in the fibrotic SSc skin; high Na + content was associated with progressive skin disease. Our findings provide the first evidence that 23 Na-MRI might be a promising tool to assess skin Na + and thereby predict progression of skin fibrosis in SSc.
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