Relation between Heberden's nodes and distal interphalangeal joint osteophytes and their role as markers of generalised disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 246-248

  Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a   Baker, Juliet ^b   Hart, Deborah J ^b   Spector, Tim D ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031926316     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.4.246     Document Type: Article

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