Lower limb enthesopathy in patients with psoriasis without clinical signs of arthropathy: A hospital-based case-control study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-30

  Gisondi, Paolo ^a   Tinazzi, I ^a   El Dalati, G ^a   Gallo, M ^a   Biasi, D ^a   Barbara, L M ^a   Girolomoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW ULTRASOUND ENTHESITIS SCORING SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; Q ANGLE; SCORING SYSTEM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CALCANEUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 37749019317     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.075101     Document Type: Article

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