Colour Doppler ultrasonography evaluation of vascularization in the wrist and finger joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy subjects

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1834-1838

  Carotti, M ^a   Salaffi, F ^a   Morbiducci, J ^a   Ciapetti, A ^a   Bartolucci, L ^a   Gasparini, S ^a   Ferraccioli, G ^b   Giuseppetti, G M ^a   Grassi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Resistive index; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST DISEASE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84864453786     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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