The role of ultrasound in rheumatic skin and nail lesions: A multi-specialist approach

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 739-748

  Wortsman, Ximena ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^b   Saavedra, Tirza ^c   Honeyman, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Nail ultrasound; Non invasive imaging; Rheumatic ultrasound; Rheumatology ultrasound; Skin ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISTULA; LUPUS VULGARIS; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN CANCER; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; ULTRASOUND; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 79959618989     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1623-z     Document Type: Article

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