Arthritis of the finger joints: A comprehensive approach comparing conventional radiography, scintigraphy, ultrasound, and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1232-1245

  Backhaus, M ^a   Kamradt, T ^a   Sandrock, D ^a   Loreck, D ^a   Fritz, J ^a   Wolf, K J ^b   Raber, H ^c   Hamm, B ^a   Burmester, G R ^a   Bollow, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Nycomed Arzneimittel   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

EID: 0033047073     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199906)42:6<1232::AID-ANR21>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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