Ultrasound assessment of subcutaneous compressibility: A potential adjunctive diagnostic tool in eosinophilic fasciitis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 382-385

  Kissin, Eugene Y ^a   Garg, Amit ^a   Grayson, Peter C ^b   Dubreuil, Maureen ^a   Vradii, Diana ^a   York, Michael ^a   Simms, Robert W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic cheiroarthropathy; eosinophilic fasciitis; hypodermis; systemic sclerosis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC CHEIROARTHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS COMPRESSIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885188774     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000020     Document Type: Article

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