Ultrasound learning curve in gout: A disease-oriented training program

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1265-1274

  Gutiérrez, Marwin ^a   Di Geso, Luca ^a   Rovisco, João ^b   Di Carlo, Marco ^a   Ariani, Alarico ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; GOUT; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATELLA TENDON; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS TENDON; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS;

GOUT; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOLOGY; URIC ACID;

EID: 84881338801     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22009     Document Type: Article

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