Assessment of inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis: A comparative study of clinical evaluation with grey scale and power Doppler ultrasonography

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-381

  Naredo, E ^a,b   Bonilla, G ^b   Gamero, F ^b   Uson, J ^b   Carmona, L ^b   Laffon, A ^b  

^a Hospital de la Princesa ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 14144249129     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.023929     Document Type: Article

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