Doppler ultrasonography in rheumatology: Adding color to the picture

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-10

  Thiele, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; COLOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VASCULITIS;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 38149030848     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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