Subclinical Entheseal Involvement in Patients with Psoriasis: An Ultrasound Study

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 407-412

  Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   De Angelis, Rossella ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Filosa, Giorgio ^b   Ruta, Santiago ^c   Bertolazzi, Chiara ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b A Murri Hospital   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Enthesopathy; Power Doppler; Psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW ULTRASOUND ENTHESITIS SCORING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PLANTAR APONEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953040516     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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