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Research ArticleSpondyloarthritis

Evaluation of Standard and Proposed Reference Values for Entheseal Thickening by Using Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Marissa Keenan, Dilek Solmaz, Sibel Bakirci, Johannes Roth, Lihi Eder and Sibel Zehra Aydin
The Journal of Rheumatology January 2023, 50 (1) 66-69; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210148
Marissa Keenan
1M. Keenan, MD, D. Solmaz, MD, S. Bakirci, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa;
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Dilek Solmaz
1M. Keenan, MD, D. Solmaz, MD, S. Bakirci, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa;
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Sibel Bakirci
1M. Keenan, MD, D. Solmaz, MD, S. Bakirci, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa;
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Johannes Roth
2J. Roth, MD, Division of Pediatric Dermatology & Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa;
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Lihi Eder
3L. Eder, MD, PhD, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto;
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Sibel Zehra Aydin
4S.Z. Aydin, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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