Hand tendon involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: An ultrasound study

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 752-760

  Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Gabba, Alessandra ^b   Di Geso, Luca ^a   Girolimetti, Rita ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand; Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tendons; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE 28; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE TENDON; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS TENDON; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS TENDON; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFUNDUS TENDON; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVITIS; TENDONS;

EID: 84861223455     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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