TY - JOUR AU - Hmamouchi, Ihsane AU - Bahiri, Rachid AU - Srifi, Najlaa AU - Aktaou, Souad AU - Abouqal, Redouane AU - Hajjaj-Hassouni, Najia PY - 2011 DA - 2011/05/08 TI - A comparison of ultrasound and clinical examination in the detection of flexor tenosynovitis in early arthritis JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 91 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Tenosynovitis is widely accepted to be common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and postulated to be the first manifestation of RA, but its true prevalence in early disease and in particular the hand has not been firmly established. The aims of this study were first to investigate the frequency and distribution of finger flexor tenosynovitis using ultrasound in early arthritis, second to compare clinical examination with ultrasound (US) using the latter as the gold standard. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-91 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-12-91 ID - Hmamouchi2011 ER -