Prevalence of ultrasound synovial inflammatory findings in healthy subjects

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1819-1823

  Padovano, Ilaria ^a   Costantino, Félicie ^a,b   Breban, Maxime ^a,b   D'agostino, Maria Antonietta ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; SYNOVITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85000981432     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208103     Document Type: Article

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