Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XXVIII. Impact of sonographic knee joint involvement in recent-onset inflammatory polyarthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-453

  Scirè, Carlo Alberto ^a   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^b   Meenagh, Gary ^c   Riente, Lucrezia ^d   Filippucci, Emilio ^e   Sedie, Andrea Delle ^d   Codullo, Veronica ^a   Grassi, Walter ^e   Bombardieri, Stefano ^d   Valesini, Guido ^b   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Functional disability; Knee joint; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951510331     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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