Abstract
Results Knee effusion was observed more frequently in the JSLE group in comparison with the control subjects (p = 0.00). When tendon thickness measurements were compared between the groups, flexor and extensor tendons of the third digit (at MCP joint level) of JSLE patients were found to be thinner (p values being 0.04 and 0.03, respectively). Tendon thickness values did not correlate with disease duration and SLE disease activity index scores (p values > 0.05).
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15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress Wietse Kuis, Patricia Woo, Angelo Ravelli, Hermann Girschick, Michaël Hofer, Johannes Roth, Rotraud K Saurenmann, Alberto Martini, Pavla Dolezova, Janjaap van der Net, Pierre Quartier, Lucy Wedderburn and Jan Scott Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
We aimed to demonstrate the role of sonography in depicting peri/articular changes in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) and to find out whether certain tendons of JSLE patients were different from those of healthy controls'
Ankle, hand extensor tendons, wrist, elbow, hand flexor tendons and ii) decreased extensor/flexor tendon thicknesses in the hands of JSLE patients
Summary
Address: 1Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey and 2Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey * Corresponding author from 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress London, UK. 14–17 September 2008. Address: 1Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey and 2Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey * Corresponding author from 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress London, UK. Published: 15 September 2008 Pediatric Rheumatology 2008, 6(Suppl 1):P242 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P242. 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress Wietse Kuis, Patricia Woo, Angelo Ravelli, Hermann Girschick, Michaël Hofer, Johannes Roth, Rotraud K Saurenmann, Alberto Martini, Pavla Dolezova, Janjaap van der Net, Pierre Quartier, Lucy Wedderburn and Jan Scott Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
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