Is there subclinical synovitis in early psoriatic arthritis? A clinical comparison with gray-scale and power doppler ultrasound

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 432-439

  Freeston, Jane E ^a   Coates, Laura C ^a   Nam, Jackie L ^a   Moverley, Anna R ^a   Hensor, Elizabeth M A ^a   Wakefield, Richard J ^a   Emery, Paul ^a   Helliwell, Philip S ^a,b   Conaghan, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POLYARTHRITIS; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WRIST;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84896866135     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22158     Document Type: Article

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