Estimation of inflammation by Doppler ultrasound: Quantitative changes after intra-articular treatment in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1049-1053

  Terslev, L ^a   Torp Pedersen, S ^a   Qvistgaard, E ^a   Danneskiold Samsoe, B ^a   Bliddal, H ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIUM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0142218788     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.11.1049     Document Type: Article

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