Sonography of synovial and erosive inflammatory changes;Sonographie synovialer und erosiver entzündlicher veränderungen

Radiologe

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 365-375

  Klauser, A S ^a   Moriggl, B ^b   Duftner, C ^c   Smekal, V ^d   Pallwein, L ^a   Mur, E ^c   Schirmer, M ^c  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Erosion; Inflammatory activity; Power Doppler ultrasound; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MICROVASCULATURE; PANNUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33745024601     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-006-1361-z     Document Type: Article

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