A preliminary study of ultrasound aspiration of bone erosion in early rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-331

  Mc Gonagle, D ^a   Gibbon, W ^b   O'Connor, P ^b   Blythe, D ^c   Wakefield, R ^a   Green, M ^a   Veale, D ^a   Emery, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

CD34+ cells; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Erosion; Ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEM CELL; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ANTIGENS, CD34; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NECROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032702704     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.4.329     Document Type: Article

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