Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XXXIII. Sonographic assessment of the foot in early arthritis patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-469

  Scire C A ^a   Iagnocco, A ^b   Meenagh, G ^c   Riente, L ^d   Filippucci, E ^e   Delle Sedie, A ^d   Sakellariou, G ^a   Bombardieri, S ^d   Grassi, W ^e   Valesini, G ^b   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Early diagnosis; Metatarsophalangeal joints; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVIAL HYPERTROPHY; SYNOVITIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FOOT; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVIUM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT JOINTS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 80052056600     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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