Musculoskeletal ultrasound versus MRI of the hands in healthy subjects - a pilot study.
Aim: High resolution imaging methods detect a spectrum of inflammatory-like and structural modifications at joint and tendon level in healthy subjects. The knowledge of their extent and degree is important when subclinical disease activity (implying therapy reassessment) must be differentiated from...
| Publicado en: | Medical Ultrasonography Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 117 - 125 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Romanian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine & Biology
Jun2019
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