Doppler ultrasonographic characteristics of superficial and deep-flow signals in the knee joint pannus of patients with rheumatoid arthritis [3]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 707-708

  Kasukawa, Reiji ^a,b   Shio, Kiori ^a   Kanno, Yukiko ^a   Sato, Ai ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Yamadera, Yukio ^a   Kanno, Takashi ^a  

^a OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34248223188     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.064360     Document Type: Letter

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