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Color flow signals of six-joint Doppler sonography correlate with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Modern Rheumatology

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  1. Rheumatology Unit, Fukushima Saiseikai Hospital, 2-4 Aza-Kawabata, Ohaza-Tsurusawa, Kawamata, Date-Gun, Fukushima, 960-1406, Japan

    Reiji Kasukawa

  2. Internal Medicine Unit, Kichijyoji Asahi Hospital, 1-30-12 Honcho, Kichijyoji, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-0004, Japan

    Kiori Shio

  3. 1-8 Kamikoya, Nodamachi, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-8055, Japan

    Reiji Kasukawa

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Kasukawa, R., Shio, K. Color flow signals of six-joint Doppler sonography correlate with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 23, 203–204 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-012-0617-x

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