Differential diagnosis between rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: The value of ultrasound findings at metacarpophalangeal joints level

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1111-1114

  Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Di Geso, Luca ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79955872766     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.147272     Document Type: Article

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