Musculoskeletal ultrasound in the diagnosis of rheumatic disease

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Jain, Manish ^a   Samuels, Jonathan ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BONE EROSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GOUT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT; JOINT EROSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOGOUT; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78449233783     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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