Quantitative assessment of the synovial membrane in the rheumatoid wrist: An easily obtained MRI score reflects the synovial volume

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 965-971

  Ostergaard M ^a,b   Hansen, M ^a,c   Stoltenberg, M ^a,c   Lorenzen, I ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*  (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Gadolinium; Gadopentetate dimeglumine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Wrist

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIUM; THICKNESS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; WRIST;

EID: 0029960435     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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