Greyscale and power Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of normal synovial joints: Correlation with pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines and angiogenic factors

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 458-462

  Kitchen, Joanne ^a,b   Kane, David ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Greyscale; GSUS; Healthy joints; Musculoskeletal ultrasound; Power Doppler; Ultrasound; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; GREYSCALE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHOULDER; SYNOVIAL HYPERTROPHY; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

EID: 84941653304     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu354     Document Type: Article

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