The role of doppler ultrasound in rheumatic diseases

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 976-982

  Porta, Francesco ^a   Radunovic, Goran ^b   Vlad, Violeta ^c   Micu, Mihaela C ^d   Nestorova, Rodina ^e   Petranova, Tzvetanka ^f   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Sf Maria Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

^d Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^f Centre of Rheumatology St Irina   (Bulgaria)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Doppler; Enthesitis; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENTHESITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRAL DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; X RAY;

ARTHRITIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84861469541     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker433     Document Type: Review

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