Assessment of achilles enthesitis in the spondyloarthropathies by colour Doppler energy ultrasound in the context of the 'enthesis organ'

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-147

  Li, C A ^a,b   Kim, H O ^c   Lee, S Y ^a   Lee, S I ^c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Thoracic and Vascular Surgery   (China)

^c Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACHILLES ENTHESITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EDEMA; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 77950212476     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009740903273197     Document Type: Article

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