Interobserver agreement in two- and three-dimensional power Doppler sonographic assessment of synovial vascularity during anti-inflammatory treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-415

  Strunk, Johannes ^a   Strube, K ^a   Rumbaur, C ^a   Lange, U ^a   Muller Ladner U ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound; Angiogenesis; Arthritides; Extremities

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ETANERCEPT; GLUCOCORTICOID; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDNISOLONE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34548364073     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-927363     Document Type: Article

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