A preliminary study of skin ultrasound in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: Does skin echogenicity matter?

He Liu; Yong Hou; Qing-li Zhu; Dong Xu; Liang Wang; Jian-chu Li; Yu-xin Jiang; Qian Wang; Meng-tao Li; Feng-chun Zhang; Xiao-feng Zeng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174481

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A preliminary study of skin ultrasound in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: Does skin echogenicity matter?

He Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: He Liu, Yong Hou, Qing-li Zhu

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7038-3946

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Yong Hou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: He Liu, Yong Hou, Qing-li Zhu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Qing-li Zhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: He Liu, Yong Hou, Qing-li Zhu

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Dong Xu,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Liang Wang,

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Jian-chu Li,

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Yu-xin Jiang ,

* E-mail: jiangyuxinxhbj@126.com (YJ); xiaofeng.zeng@cstar.org.cn (XZ)

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Qian Wang,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Meng-tao Li,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Feng-chun Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Xiao-feng Zeng

* E-mail: jiangyuxinxhbj@126.com (YJ); xiaofeng.zeng@cstar.org.cn (XZ)

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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A preliminary study of skin ultrasound in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: Does skin echogenicity matter?

He Liu,
Yong Hou,
Qing-li Zhu,
Dong Xu,
Liang Wang,
Jian-chu Li,
Yu-xin Jiang,
Qian Wang,
Meng-tao Li,
Feng-chun Zhang

Published: March 24, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174481

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