Reliability of ultrasound measurements of dermal thickness at digits in systemic sclerosis: Role of elastosonography

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 926-932

  Di Geso, Luca ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Girolimetti, Rita ^a   Tardella, Marika ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   De Angelis, Rossella ^a   Salqffi, Fausto ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermal thickness; Elastosonography; Skin; Systemic sclerosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857582984     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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