Recommendations for musculoskeletal ultrasonography by rheumatologists: setting global standards for best practice by expert consensus.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on February 15, 2005

Authors

Andrew K Brown1, Philip J O'connor, Trudie E Roberts, Richard J Wakefield, Zunaid Karim, Paul Emery

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1: University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

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