The role of radiology in the management of systemic sclerosis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 959-967

  Madani, G ^a   Katz, R D ^b   Haddock, J A ^b   Denton, C P ^c   Bell, J R ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Radiology Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; THALLIUM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CRUSH SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CREST SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 49349101692     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.05.007     Document Type: Review

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