Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on September 14, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46(11):1736; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem226
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Three-dimensional power Doppler sonography in short-term therapy monitoring of rheumatoid synovitis
Department of Rheumatology, Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare, Bristol, UK, 1Cattedra di Reumatologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy and 2Unità Operativa di Radiologia e Diagnostica per Immagini, Ospedale Civile, Senigallia, Italy
Correspondence to: E. Filippucci, MD, Cattedra di Reumatologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedale "A. Murri", Via dei Colli, 52, 60035 Jesi (Ancona), Italy. E-mail: emilio_filippucci@yahoo.it
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SIR, Ultrasound (US) is an invaluable tool in the assessment of the expression of the inflammatory process since it is able to detect minimal amounts of fluid collection, synovial proliferation and bone erosion. Moreover,