Achilles tendinitis in psoriasis: Clinical and sonographic findings

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-222

  De Simone, Clara ^a   Guerriero, Cristina ^a   Giampietruzzi, Anna Rita ^a   Costantini, Melania ^a   Di Gregorio, Flavio ^a   Amerio, Pierluigi ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS;

EID: 0041632200     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00904-6     Document Type: Article

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