Monitoring Achilles enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis during TNF-alpha antagonist therapy: an ultrasound study

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Aydin S. Z., KARADAĞ Ö., Filippucci E., Atagunduz P., AKDOĞAN A., KALYONCU U., ...Daha Fazla

RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.49, sa.3, ss.578-582, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep410
  • Dergi Adı: RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.578-582
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ultrasonography, Enthesitis, Achilles tendon, Ankylosing spondylitis, TNF-alpha antagonist therapy, POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND, CLINICAL MEASUREMENT, LOWER-LIMB, SPONDYLARTHROPATHY, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY, ABNORMALITIES, ENTHESOPATHY
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective. Enthesitis is considered as the primary anatomical lesion in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Therapeutic effects of TNF-alpha antagonist treatments for enthesitis on imaging changes are still limited to case reports or small sample-sized trials. We aimed to investigate the potential of ultrasonography (US) to detect early changes after TNF-alpha antagonist therapy of Achilles enthesis of AS patients.