Ultrasonography of salivary glands: An evolving approach for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 454-455

  Tzioufas, Athanasios G ^a   Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIALOGRAPHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 51149094746     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0864     Document Type: Article

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