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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Correlation between synovial blood flow signals and serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis

Daitaro KurosakaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kenichiro HiraiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Makiko NishiokaDepartment of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Yukio MiyamotoDepartment of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Ken YoshidaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Eigo TakahashiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Taro UkichiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Kentaro NodaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Maimi YanagimachiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Kazuhiro FuruyaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Kunihiko FukudaDepartment of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Akio YamadaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Pages 187-191 | Received 15 Jul 2008, Accepted 18 Nov 2008, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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