Clinical evaluation versus ultrasonography: Who is the winner?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 908-909

  Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; JOINT EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0037738743     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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