Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist II. Ultrasonography of the hand and wrist

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-122

  Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^b   Meenagh, Gary ^c   Riente, Lucrezia ^d   Delle Sedie, Andrea ^d   Bombardieri, Stefano ^d   Valesini, Guido ^b   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finger tendons; Hand and wrist; Median nerve; Small joints; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; GOUT; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST DISEASE;

RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33744816793     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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