Ultrasound detects occult entheseal involvement in early psoriatic arthritis independently of clinical features and psoriasis severity

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 0219-0224

  Bandinelli, Francesca ^a   Prignano, Francesca ^a   Bonciani, Diletta ^a   Bartoli, Francesca ^a   Collaku, Ledio ^b   Candelieri, Antonio ^c   Lotti, Torello ^a   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c University Hospital of Cosenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early psoriatic arthritis; Entheses; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; ENTHESOPATHY; FASCIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLASGOW ULTRASOUND ENTHESITIS SCORING SYSTEM; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAASTRICHT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS ENTHESITIS INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN; PATELLA TENDON; PLANTAR FASCIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875762443     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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