Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XXI. Role of ultrasound imaging in early arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-394

  Scirè, Carlo Alberto ^a,f   Meenagh, G ^b   Filippucci, E ^e   Riente, L ^c   Delle Sedie, A ^c   Salaffi, F ^e   Iagnocco, A ^d   Bombardieri, S ^c   Grassi, W ^e   Valesini, G ^d   Montecucco, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Early diagnosis; Prognosis; Synovitis; Treatment outcome; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BONE EROSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 67651162306     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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