TY - GEN AU - Moustafa Kamel Eltomy AU - Ali Mamdouh Elashmoui , AU - Gaafar Mohamed Ragab , AU - Mervat Elansary , TI - Effect of low - dose l - thyroxine and lacidipine as vasodilators on the microcirculation in systemic lupus erythematosus / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Moustafa Kamel Eltomy , KW - Doppler KW - Laser KW - SLE N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - The effect of L - thyroxine (25 g) and lacidipine (2 mg) on the microcirculation in SLE patients was studied by comparing pre - and post - treatment laser Doppler flow (LDF) parameters We found that the drugs caused impairment of LDF measures This can be attributed to endothelial dysfunction , platelet activation , or asteal phenomenon A significant negative correlation of platelet count and LDF parameters was observed ER -