Inflamed shoulder structures in polymyalgia rheumatica with normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1155-1159

  Cantini, Fabrizio ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^b   Olivieri, Ignazio ^c   Niccoli, Laura ^a   Macchioni, Pierluigi ^b   Boiardi, Luigi ^b   Mastrorosato, Mariano ^d   Ciancio, Giovanni ^c   Padula, Angela ^c   Bozza, Alessandro ^d   Rubini, Fabrizio ^a  

^a MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Arcisp S M   (Italy)

^c SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Istituto Pratese di Radiodiagnostica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHOULDER; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BURSITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0035025846     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200105)44:5<1155::AID-ANR198>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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