Ultrasonography of entheseal insertions in the lower limb in spondyloarthropathy

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 905-910

  Balint, P V ^a   Kane, D ^a   Wilson, H ^a   McInnes, I B ^a   Sturrock, R D ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RELIABILITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BURSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS;

EID: 0036786842     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.10.905     Document Type: Article

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