Abstracts of the Thesis

Thesis Abstracts 1994

Because the current assessment of scleroderma skin through clinical skin scoring is subjective and imprecise, we investigated fully quantitative, physical measures of cutaneous involvement in the disease. First, we developed image analysis software for calculating the dermal density of colla-gen from 58 scleroderma and 327 control biopsies scanned onto our computer. Second, using a durometer ga...

Thesis Abstracts 1993

Thesis Abstracts 1997

Thesis Abstracts 2000

Thesis Abstracts, 1995

This study investigated the psychosocial functioning of both parents and siblings of children with Rett syndrome. Parents provided data on standardized (Parenting Stress Index [PSI], Dyadic Adjustment Scale [DAS] and Family Environment Scale [FES]) and unstandardized (Social Environment Impact Scale and Symptom Impact Scale) questionnaires regarding family stress and functioning. Siblings also ...