Improvement in diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions with one-stop clinic-based ultrasonography

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Agrawal, Sumeet ^a   Bhagat, Shweta S ^b   Dasgupta, Bhaskar ^b  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Musculoskeletal; Rheumatic; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149108118     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0122-4     Document Type: Article

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