Ultrasonography and color Doppler in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Diagnosis and follow-up of ultrasound-guided steroid injection in the ankle region. A descriptive interventional study

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Laurell, Louise ^a   Court Payen, Michel ^b   Nielsen, Susan ^b   Zak, Marek ^b   Boesen, Mikael ^b   Fasth, Anders ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; NITROUS OXIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION CYST; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHY; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS ATROPHY; SYNOVIAL HYPERTROPHY; SYNOVITIS; TENDON SHEATH; TENOSYNOVITIS; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 79251550732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-9-4     Document Type: Article

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