Power Doppler assessment of overall disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Kiris, Adem ^a   Ozgocmen, Salih ^a   Kocakoc, Ercan ^a   Ardicoglu, Ozge ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand; Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVIUM; ULNA; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; ULNA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 30344457036     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20175     Document Type: Article

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