New approaches to imaging of early rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6 SUPPL. 18, 1999, Pages

  Conaghan, P G ^a   McGonagle, D ^a   Wakefield, R ^a   Emery, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual x ray absorptiometry (DXA); Early rheumatoid arthritis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Sonography; Ultrasonography (US); X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032716702     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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