Sonographic evaluation of pediatric localized scleroderma: preliminary disease assessment measures
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Sonographic evaluation of pediatric localized scleroderma: preliminary disease assessment measures
BACKGROUND Our earlier work in the ultrasonograpy of localized scleroderma (LS) suggests that altered levels of echogenicity and vascularity can be associated with disease activity. Utrasound is clinically benign and readily available, but can be limited by operator dependence. We present our efforts to standardize image acquisition and interpretation of pediatric LS to better evaluate the corr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-8-14