Doppler ultrasound measurements of knee joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with infliximab

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 376-379

  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

Capsular pannus; Cortical pannus; Deep flow signal; Superficial flow signal; Ultrasound measurements

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 35348829727     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-007-0596-5     Document Type: Article

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