Ultrasound of the knee in rheumatology

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Vlad, Violeta ^a   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^b  

^a Sf Maria Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Knee; Pathology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYALURONIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTIFACT; BICEPS FEMORIS INSERTION; BONE STRUCTURE; BURSITIS; CARTILAGE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTHESITIS; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMORAL CONDYLE CARTILAGE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GOLD STANDARD; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; ILIOTIBIAL BAND; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SYNOVITIS; LATERAL TIBIOFEMORAL JOINT SPACE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; MEDIAL KNEE MENISCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERONEUS NERVE; PES ANSERINE INSERTION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL CYST; POPLITEAL VEIN; POPLITEUS TENDON; POSTERIOR HOMS OF MENISCI; PREVALENCE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUADRICEPS TENDON; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMIMEMBRANOUS INSERTION; SEMIMEMBRANOUS TENDON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SUPRAPATELLAR FATPAD; SUPRAPATELLAR RECESS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TIBIOFEMORAL TIBIAL JOINT; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION;

HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876162714     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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