Sep 26, 2021

A semiquantitative color Doppler ultrasound scoring system for evaluation of synovitis in joints of patients with blood-induced arthropathy

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Ningning Zhang, Sheng Yang, Anne-Fleur Zwagemaker, Aihua Huo, Ying-Jia Li, Fang Zhou, Pamela Hilliard, Sandra Squire, Vanessa Bouskill, Arun Mohanta, Alex Zhou, Jose Jarrin, Runhui Wu, Jing Sun, Brian Luke, Rahim Moineddin, Victor S Blanchette, Yun Peng, Andrea S Doria
CONCLUSION: Color Doppler US is a valuable scoring method for evaluating reactive synovitis in joints of subjects with inherited bleeding disorders and holds potential for assessing post-bleed reactive synovitis once further information on its association with timing of the joint bleed becomes available in the literature.