The effect of joint position on doppler flow in finger synovitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-604

  Lee, V ^a   Zayat, A ^a   Wakefield, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FINGER JOINT; FINGER SYNOVITIS; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; LETTER; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SYNOVITIS; VASCULARIZATION; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 65249094758     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089755     Document Type: Letter

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