Rheumatoid Arthritis: Ultrasound Assessment of Synovitis and Erosions

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 727-736

  Lopez Ben, Robert ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORNING STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 65249100619     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2008.02.001     Document Type: Review

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