Exploratory study to identify mechanical factors that may contribute to toe dactylitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis
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Exploratory study to identify mechanical factors that may contribute to toe dactylitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis
Background Dactylitis (sausage digit) is one of the most commonly reported features of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), the second most common inflammatory arthritis after rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been hypothesised that dactylitis is a functional enthesitis at the proximal interphalangeal joints (hands and feet), causing multiple pathologies to varying levels of severity. Dactylitis results ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1757-1146
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-7-s2-a8