18FDG PET/CT is a powerful tool for detecting subclinical arthritis in patients with psoriatic arthritis and/or psoriasis vulgaris

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-147

  Takata, Tomoya ^a   Taniguchi, Yoshinori ^b   Ohnishi, Takenao ^b   Kohsaki, Shino ^b   Nogami, Munenobu ^b   Nakajima, Hideki ^a   Kumon, Yoshitaka ^b   Terada, Yoshio ^b   Ogawa, Yasuhiro ^b   Tarutani, Masahito ^a   Sano, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enthesitis; PET CT; Subclinical PsA; TNF inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 80053384121     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2011.08.002     Document Type: Letter

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