Sonographic assessment of carpal tunnel syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis: Prevalence and correlation with disease activity

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2313-2319

  Karadag, Omer ^a   Kalyoncu, Umut ^a   Akdogan, Ali ^a   Karadag, Yesim Sucullu ^b   Bilgen, Sule Apras ^a   Ozbakır, Senay ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^c   Kiraz, Sedat ^a   Ertenli, Ihsan ^a   Grassi, Walter ^c   Calgüneri, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boston carpal tunnel syndrome questionnaire; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electromyography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSTON CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME QUESTIONNAIRE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GOITER; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; KATZ HAND DIAGRAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PATIENT GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PHALEN VE TINEL TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

EID: 84866233567     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1957-0     Document Type: Article

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