Nailfold videocapillaroscopy as a diagnostic clue in interstitial lung disease: differentiating idiopathic from autoimmune patterns in a Caucasian cohort.
OBJECTIVE Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) include idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and autoimmune-related forms such as interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) and connective tissue disease-associated ILD (CTD-ILD). Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is well established in systemic sclerosis (SSc)...