Imaging evidence for persistent subclinical fasciitis and arthritis in tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) between febrile attacks

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1408-1409

  Quillinan, N ^a   Mohammad, A ^a   Mannion, G ^a   O'Keeffe, D ^a   Bergin, D ^a   Coughlan, R ^a   McDermott, M F ^b   McGonagle, D ^b  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FASCIITIS; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED PERIODIC SYNDROME; ADULT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SYNDROME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955012323     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.118661     Document Type: Letter

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