Magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist in early rheumatoid arthritis reveals a high prevalence of erosions at four months after symptom onset

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 350-356

  McQueen, Fiona M ^a   Stewart, Neal ^a   Crabbe, Jeff ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a   Yeoman, Sue ^a   Tan, Paul L J ^a   McLean, Lachy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0031817901     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.6.350     Document Type: Article

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