Musculoskeletal ultrasonography: Improving our senses

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 639-642

  Conaghan, Philip G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 26844433032     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21448     Document Type: Editorial

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