Ultrasound and structural changes in inflammatory arthritis: Synovitis and tenosynovitis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1154, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-151

  Backhaus, Marina ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Synovitis; Tenosynovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BONE LESION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 60549109884     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04388.x     Document Type: Review

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