Reliability of high-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of Achilles tendon enthesopathy in seronegative spondyloarthropathies

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1850-1855

  Filippucci, E ^a   Zehra Aydin, S ^b   Karadag, O ^c   Salaffi, F ^a   Gutierrez, M ^a   Direskeneli, H ^b   Grassi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70350170660     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.096511     Document Type: Article

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