Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XXII. Achilles tendon involvement in spondyloarthritis. A multi-centre study using high frequency volumetric probe

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-551

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a   Riente, L ^b   Delle Sedie, A ^b   Filippucci, E ^c   Salaffi, F ^c   Meenagh, G ^d   Scire C A ^e   Grassi, W ^c   Montecucco, C ^e   Bombardieri, S ^b   Valesini, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enthesitis; Spondylarthritis; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350141962     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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