Comment on: Monitoring Achilles enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis during TNF-α antagonist therapy: An ultrasound study: Reply

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1419-1420

  Aydin, Sibel Zehra ^a   Karadag, Omer ^b   Filippucci, Emilio ^c   Atagunduz, Pamir ^d   Akdogan, Ali ^b   Kalyoncu, Umut ^b   Grassi, Walter ^c   Direskeneli, Haner ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROCIRCULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77954193661     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq103     Document Type: Letter

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