Two localization patterns of vascularity demonstrated by power Doppler sonography at the suprapatellar recess in knee joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Intracapsular and supracortical

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-230

  Kasukawa, Reiji ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Yamadera, Yukio ^a   Takeda, Isao ^a   Kanno, Takashi ^a  

^a OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intracapsular vascularity; Knee joint synovitis; Power Doppler sonography (PDS); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); Supracortical vascularity

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 4444337999     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/s10165-004-0296-3     Document Type: Article

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