Towards a role of ultrasound in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-420

  Lanni, Stefano ^a,b   Wood, Mark ^c   Ravelli, Angelo ^d,e   Manzoni, Silvia Magni ^a   Emery, Paul ^b   Wakefield, Richard J ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Synovitis; US

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

BONE EROSION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; CHILD; HUMANS; JOINTS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84874063369     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes287     Document Type: Review

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