Contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasonography of the metacarpophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Szkudlarek, Marcin ^a   Court Payen, Michel ^a   Strandberg, Charlotte ^a   Klarlund, Mette ^a   Klausen, Tom ^b   Ostergaard, Mikkel ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Contrast media; Doppler; Rheumatoid; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOTREXATE; SHU 508; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0001064539     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1459-2     Document Type: Article

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