TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - C-Reactive Protein
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Immunoglobulin M
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Muscular Diseases
KW - Orosomucoid
KW - Palpation
KW - Rheumatoid Factor
KW - Tendinopathy
AU - Atkin S L
AU - el-Ghobarey A
AU - Kamel M
AU - Owen J P
AU - Dick W C
AB - <p>In a combined clinical, radiological, and laboratory study of 77 patients throughout the leprosy spectrum, 10 patients had an enthesitis which has not been described previously as far as is known and which was not associated with the characteristics of erythema nodosum leprosum reactions. C reactive protein and alpha 1 acid glycoprotein values were significantly lowered only in those patients with leprosy and enthesitis. No radiological abnormalities were found.</p>
BT - Annals of the rheumatic diseases
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2241289?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1990 Sep
DO - 10.1136/ard.49.9.715
IS - 9
J2 - Ann. Rheum. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>In a combined clinical, radiological, and laboratory study of 77 patients throughout the leprosy spectrum, 10 patients had an enthesitis which has not been described previously as far as is known and which was not associated with the characteristics of erythema nodosum leprosum reactions. C reactive protein and alpha 1 acid glycoprotein values were significantly lowered only in those patients with leprosy and enthesitis. No radiological abnormalities were found.</p>
PY - 1990
SP - 715
EP - 7
T2 - Annals of the rheumatic diseases
TI - Clinical and laboratory studies in patients with leprosy and enthesitis.
VL - 49
SN - 0003-4967
ER -