Musculoskeletal sonography in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
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Musculoskeletal sonography in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the role of sonography in depicting periarticular changes in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to find out whether certain tendons in juvenile SLE patients were different from those of healthy controls. METHODS Thirty juvenile SLE patients (27 female, 3 male) were recruited for this study. Sonographic evaluations were performed in the knee, ankle, elbow,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-6-s1-p242