## Abstract ## __Purpose__. To examine synovial vascularity and flow patterns in hand and wrist jointsβmetacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints and ulnar stiloid (USTL) regionsβof patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using power Doppler sonography (PDUS) and spectral Doppler analysis and to assess the
Power doppler sonography: Improving disease activity assessment in inflammatory musculoskeletal disease
β Scribed by Richard J. Wakefield; Andrew K. Brown; Philip J. O'Connor; Paul Emery
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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