Ultrasound in rheumatology

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 467-485

  Grassi, Walter ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone erosions; Power Doppler sonography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sonographic training; Sonographically guided injection; Tendon pathology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 20444385111     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2005.01.002     Document Type: Review

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