Ultrasonography and the rheumatologist

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Grassi, Walter ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Three dimensional sonography; Training; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BONE EROSION; BURSITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARD; SYNOVITIS; TENDON DISEASE;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFLAMMATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33845356326     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3280119648     Document Type: Review

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