Prevalence of subclinical enthesopathy in patients with spondyloarthropathy: An ultrasound study

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-22

  Ruta, Santiago ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^b   Pena, Claudia ^a   García, Mercedes ^a   Arturi, Alfredo ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^b   Marcos, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

enthesopathy; power Doppler; Seronegative spondyloarthropathies; sonography; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS TENDON; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651369512     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318204a6f8     Document Type: Article

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