Ultrasound may improve patient care

Lene Terslev^{1

2

3}, Hilde Berner Hammer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research and Center for Rheumatology, Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark. terslev@dadlnet.dk.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. terslev@dadlnet.dk.
³ Center for Rheumatology and Spinal Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshsopitalet, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600, Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark. terslev@dadlnet.dk.
⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet, Oslo, Norway.

Editorial

Lene Terslev et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;39(6):1715-1717.

doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05071-x. Epub 2020 May 1.

Lene Terslev^{1

2

3}, Hilde Berner Hammer⁴

¹ Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research and Center for Rheumatology, Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark. terslev@dadlnet.dk.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. terslev@dadlnet.dk.
³ Center for Rheumatology and Spinal Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshsopitalet, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600, Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark. terslev@dadlnet.dk.
⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet, Oslo, Norway.

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