Standard reference values for musculoskeletal ultrasonography

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 988-994

  Schmidt, W A ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Schicke, B ^b   Gromnica Ihle, E ^a  

^a Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE EROSION; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS HEAD; KNEE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER; SYNOVIAL BURSA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON SHEATH;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 3242726735     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.015081     Document Type: Article

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