Comparison in values of color flow signals and vascular resistance of synovial vascularity demonstrated by Doppler sonography between knee and metacarpophalangeal joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 336-339

  Kasukawa, Reiji ^a   Kanno, Yukiko ^a   Homma, Fumiko ^a   Yamadera, Yukio ^a   Kanno, Takashi ^a  

^a OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (CRP); Color flow signals; Knee joints; Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints; Resistance index (RI)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 27744568339     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0418-6     Document Type: Article

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