Reliability of different Doppler ultrasound quantification methods and devices in the assessment of therapeutic response in arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1521-1526

  Albrecht, K ^a   Grob, K ^a   Lange, U ^a   Muller ladner U ^a   Strunk, J ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D; Arthritis; Power doppler; Ultrasonography; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 52949105797     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken318     Document Type: Article

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