Ultrasonographic evidence of inflammation is frequent in hands of patients with erosive osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1283-1287

  Vlychou, M ^a   Koutroumpas, A ^a   Malizos, K ^a   Sakkas, L I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosions; Erosive osteoarthritis; Radiography; Synovitis; Tenosynovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENOSYNOVITIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349232544     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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