Quantitative assessment of the rheumatoid synovial microvascular bed by gadolinium-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 152-157

  Gaffney, Karl ^a   Cookson, John ^b   Blades, Selina ^c   Coumbe, Adam ^a   Blake, David ^a   Cookson, J ^b  

^a Hill Centre

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Norfolk and Norwich Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0031802280     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.3.152     Document Type: Article

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