Diagnostic usefulness of synovial vascular morphology in chronic arthritis. A systematic survey of 100 cases

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 378-387

  Cañete, Juan D ^a,b   Rodriguez, José R ^a   Salvador, Georgina ^a   Gómez Centeno, Antonio ^a   Munoz Gomez J ^a   Sanmartí, Raimón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic arthritis; Diagnostic; Rheumatologic arthroscopy; Vascular pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037633920     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sarh.2002.50004     Document Type: Article

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