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Frequency of enthesitis in apparently healthy Japanese subjects detected by 18F FDG-PET/CT

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This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kochi Medical School Hospital (permit number: 22-7, 4/30/2010) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Yoshinori Taniguchi & Yoshio Terada

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan

    Yoshitaka Kumon & Tetsuro Sugiura

  3. Department of Radiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Takenao Ohnishi, Munenobu Nogami & Yasuhiro Ogawa

  4. Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Toshikazu Tani

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Taniguchi, Y., Kumon, Y., Ohnishi, T. et al. Frequency of enthesitis in apparently healthy Japanese subjects detected by 18F FDG-PET/CT. Mod Rheumatol 22, 939–941 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-012-0632-y

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