Longitudinal development of skin involvement and reliability of high frequency ultrasound in systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 791-796

  Akesson A ^a   Hesselstrand, R ^a   Scheja, A ^a   Wildt, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 3042781369     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.012146     Document Type: Article

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