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Relationship between power Doppler grade and the pathological blood vessel features in long-standing rheumatoid arthritis

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    1. Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12 West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo City, 060-0812, Japan

      Katsumi Saito

    2. Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, 1-2-8 Honcho, Shibata City, Niigata, 957-0054, Japan

      Asami Abe & Hajime Ishikawa

    3. Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12 West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo City, 060-0812, Japan

      Tamotsu Kamishima & Akihiro Ishizu

    4. Department of Pathology, Niigata Prefectural Shibata Hospital, 1-2-8 Honcho, Shibata City, Niigata, 957-8588, Japan

      Kunihiko Wakaki

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    Saito, K., Abe, A., Kamishima, T. et al. Relationship between power Doppler grade and the pathological blood vessel features in long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 36, 1689–1690 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-016-3576-2

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