Musculoskeletal ultrasound

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 813-826

  Grassi, Walter ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Busilacchi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic arthritis; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sonographic guided procedures; Tenosynovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE EROSION; BURSITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; JOINT BIOPSY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYOSITIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAFETY; SYNOVITIS; TENDON DISEASE;

HUMANS; JOINTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 6444231850     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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