Impact of sonography in gouty arthritis: Comparison with conventional radiography, clinical examination, and laboratory findings

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-443

  Schueller Weidekamm, Claudia ^a   Schueller, Gerd ^a   Aringer, Martin ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Kainberger, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gout; Joint; Musculoskeletal system; Power Doppler; Sonography

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

GOUTY ARTHRITIS; INFLAMMATORY PROCESS; POWER DOPPLER; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; URATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FINGER; GOUT; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWELLING; SYNOVIUM; TOE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; ARTHROGRAPHY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOE JOINT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URIC ACID;

EID: 34249077937     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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