The Role of Ultrasound in Rheumatology

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 66-73

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a   Ceccarelli, Fulvia ^a   Perricone, Carlo ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; STEROID; URATE;

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; ENTHESOPATHY; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79952614723     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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