Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in rheumatic joint disease;Kontrastmittelverstärkte sonographie bei rheumatischen gelenkerkrankungen

Aktuelle Rheumatologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-161

  Zunterer, H ^a   Schirmer, M ^b   Smekal, V ^a   Feuchtner, G M ^a   Klauser, Andrea Sabine ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Joint fluid; Rheumatic diseases; Synovitis; Ultrasound contrast media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; PANNUS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33745972633     PISSN: 0341051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926757     Document Type: Article

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