Power Doppler sonography monitoring of synovial perfusion at the wrist joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1433-1437

  Filippucci, E ^a   Iagnocco, A ^b   Salaffi, F ^a   Cerioni, A ^a   Valesini, G ^b   Grassi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TISSUE PERFUSION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33750362035     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.044628     Document Type: Article

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