Bone scintigraphy of the hands in early stage lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1916-1921

  Van De Wiele, Christophe ^a,b   Van Den Bosch, Filip ^a,c   Mielants, Herman ^a,c   Simons, Maria ^a,b   Veys, Eric M ^a,c   Dierckx, Rudi A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Division of Nuclear Medicine

^c Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Early disease stage; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0030809112     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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