The role of ultrasound imaging in the evaluation of peripheral nerve in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-382

  Tagliafico, Alberto ^a   Panico, Nicoletta ^b   Resmini, Eugenia ^a   Derchi, Lorenzo E ^a   Ghio, Massimo ^b   Martinoli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Nerve; Scleroderma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULNAR NERVE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952989428     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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