Low field dedicated magnetic resonance imaging in untreated rheumatoid arthritis of recent onset

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 770-776

  Lindegaard, H ^a   Vallo J ^b   Horslev Petersen K ^c   Junker, P ^a   Ostergaard M ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Radiology   (United Kingdom)

^c Graasten Gigthospital ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT DESTRUCTION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0034934760     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.8.770     Document Type: Article

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