A comparison of clinical vs ultrasound determined synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis utilizing gray-scale, power Doppler and the intravenous microbubble contrast agent 'Sono-Vue'®

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-459

  Rees, J D ^a   Pilcher, J ^a   Heron, C ^a   Kiely, Patrick D W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint swelling; Joint tenderness; Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sono Vue; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROBUBBLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 33847400127     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel256     Document Type: Article

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