Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-230

  De Zordo, Tobias ^a   Mlekusch, Sabine P ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^a   Mur, Erich ^b   Schirmer, Michael ^c   Klauser, Andrea S ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASES; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

DISEASE ACTIVITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL ACTIVITY; SYNOVITIS;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SYNOVIUM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 35348924794     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.07.011     Document Type: Review

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