Ultrasonographic assessment of nail in psoriatic disease shows a link between onychopathy and distal interphalangeal joint extensor tendon enthesopathy

Dermatology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-235

  Aydin, Sibel Zehra ^a   Castillo Gallego, Concepción ^b   Ash, Zoe R ^c   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^c   Emery, Paul ^c   Wakefield, Richard J ^c   Wittmann, Miriam ^c   McGonagle, Dennis ^c,d  

^a ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nail disease; Psoriasis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL ENTHESOPATHY JOINT EXTENSOR TENDON ENTHESOPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED NAIL PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOLYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; ONYCHOLYSIS; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873093792     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343607     Document Type: Article

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