Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Hand and Foot Tendons in Behçet's Disease

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 709-713

  Gökoǧlu, Figen ^a   Ceceli, Esma ^a   Ramadan, Selma Uysal ^a   Yorgancioglu, Zeynep Rezan ^a   Koşar, Ugur ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles and hand tendon; Beh et Syndrome; Strength; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND AND FOOT TENDON; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDONS;

EID: 49949111507     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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