Ultrasound of entheses in ankylosing spondylitis patients: The importance of the calcaneal and quadriceps entheses for differentiating patients from healthy individuals

Ultrasound of entheses in ankylosing spondylitis patients: The importance of the calcaneal and quadriceps entheses for differentiating patients from healthy individuals

OBJECTIVES: To compare the ultrasonographic findings of entheses in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with those of healthy control individuals and to assess the ability of ultrasound (US) to identify aspects related to the disease. METHODS: A cross-sectional study involving 50 patients with AS...

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Main Authors: Suellen Narimatsu Ishida, Rita Nely Vilar Furtado, André Rosenfeld, Jorge Ernesto Passos Proglhof, Germana Brigida Queiroga Estrela, Jamil Natour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2019-04-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Entheses
Ultrasound
US
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Healthy Individual
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