Assessing rheumatoid arthritis disease activity with ultrasound

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1249-1254

  Chakr, Rafael Mendonça Da Silva ^a   Mendonça, José Alexandre ^b   Brenol, Claiton Viegas ^a   Xavier, Ricardo Machado ^a   Brenol, João Carlos Tavares ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scoring systems; Synovitis; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GRAY SCALE ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84883208799     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2291-6     Document Type: Review

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