Review of the use of ultrasound for the diagnosis and monitoring of enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-345

  Kaeley, Gurjit Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Enthesis; Enthesopathy; Psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis; Sonography; Spondyloarthritis; Synovial entheseal complex; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DACTYLITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; HUMANS; JOINTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79960578637     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-011-0184-8     Document Type: Review

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