What is the primary lesion in SpA dactylitis?

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 561-562

  Olivieri, Ignazio ^a   D'angelo, S ^a   Scarano, E ^a   Padula, A ^a  

^a SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DACTYLITIS; DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FINGER MALFORMATION; FLEXOR TENDON; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; FOOT JOINTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TOES;

EID: 42949150604     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken032     Document Type: Editorial

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