Pain in hand osteoarthritis is associated with inflammation: The value of ultrasound

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1367-1369

  Kortekaas, Marion C ^a   Kwok, Wing Yee ^a   Reijnierse, Monique ^a   Watt, Iain ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a   Kloppenburg, Margreet ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SYNOVIAL BURSA; SYNOVITIS; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND JOINT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNOVIUM;

AGED; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77955001891     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.124875     Document Type: Article

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