Wrist joint involvement in systematic lupus erythematosus. An ultrasonographic study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 621-624

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a   Ossandon, Alejandra ^a   Coari, Giulio ^a   Conti, Fabrizio ^a   Priori, Roberta ^a   Alessandri, Cristiano ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Power Doppler; SLE; Tendons; Ultrasonography; Wrist

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR PROBE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST DISLOCATION; WRIST GANGLION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 4644341567     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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