Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with extensor tendon tenosynovitis but not with synovitis of the hands: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 494-499

  Cimmino, Marco A ^a   Parodi, Massimiliano ^a   Zampogna, Giuseppe ^a   Barbieri, Francesca ^a   Garlaschi, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROSION; EXTENSOR TENDON TENOSYNOVITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVITIS OF THE HAND; TENOSYNOVITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 79952030226     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq367     Document Type: Article

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