Sonoelastography can help in the localization of soft tissue damage in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) [7]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 796-

  Minetti, G ^a   Schettini, D ^a   D'Auria, M C ^a   Cimmino, Marco A ^b  

^a Sezione di Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SONOELASTOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TENDONS;

EID: 37349078727     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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