Ultrasonographic changes of major salivary glands in primary Sjögren's syndrome. Evaluation of a novel scoring system

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-383

  Hočevar, Alojzija ^a   Rainer, Saša ^b   Rozman, Blaž ^a   Zor, Polonca ^c   Tomšič, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b General Hospital Slovenj Gradec   (Slovenia)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Major salivary glands; Sj gren's syndrome; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MAJOR SALIVARY GLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVARY GLANDS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVARY GLAND; SCORING SYSTEM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 34548215899     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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