Why aren't we all doing ultrasound?

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1019-1020

  Estrach, Cristina ^a   Thompson, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CURRICULUM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOTE; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 70349784738     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep196     Document Type: Editorial

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