Power Doppler sonography, a non-invasive method of assessment of the synovial inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 637-643

  Vreju, Fl ^a   Ciurea, M ^a   Roşu, Anca ^a   Muşetescu, Anca ^a   Grecu, D ^a   Ciurea, Paulina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Knee arthritis; Power Doppler sonography; VEGF; VEGF R1

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 79959341991     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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