Toward standardized ultrasound measurements of cartilage thickness in children

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2245-2447

  Larché, Maggie J ^a   Roth, Johannes ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; B SCAN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE THICKNESS; CHILD; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649725209     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100958     Document Type: Editorial

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