Measurement of synovial lining volume by magnetic resonance imaging of the knee in chronic synovitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 526-534

  Clunie, Gavin ^a,d   Hall Craggs, Margaret A ^a   Paley, Martyn N ^b   King, Anne ^a   Wilkinson, Iain D ^a   Ell, Peter J ^c   Edwards, Jo C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Rheumatology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0030846810     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.9.526     Document Type: Article

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