Diagnostic value of high-resolution B-mode and Doppler sonography for imaging of hand and finger joints in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-333

  Weidekamm, C ^a,b   Koller M ^a   Weber, M ^a   Kainberger, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0037331588     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10784     Document Type: Article

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