Exertional leg pain as a manifestation of occult spondyloarthropathy in familial Mediterranean fever: An MRI evaluation

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 482-486

  Eshed, I ^a,b   Kushnir, T ^b   Livneh, A ^a,b,c   Langevitz, P ^a,c   Ben Zvi, I ^c   Konen, E ^a,b   Lidar, M ^a,b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SMC   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHESITIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; EXERCISE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES;

EID: 84869426285     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2012.698301     Document Type: Article

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