Ultrasonography Applications in Diagnosis and Management of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-275

  Thiele, Ralf G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset rheumatoid arthritis; Power Doppler; Synovitis; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BONE EROSION; CARTILAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICAL BONE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; TENDON; TENDON SHEATH; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOINTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84864012949     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: 15583163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2012.05.006     Document Type: Review

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