A novel arthritis in vivo fluorescence optical imaging technology pushed to the limits

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1144-1145

  Schäfer, Valentin S ^a,b   Hartung, Wolfgang ^a   Ehrenstein, Boris ^a   Hoffstetter, Patrick ^a   Müller, Martina ^b   Fleck, Martin ^a,b  

^a Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; FINGER JOINT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND; WRIST DISEASE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84878116182     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes301     Document Type: Letter

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