Magnetic resonance imaging and miniarthroscopy of metacarpophalangeal joints: Sensitive detection of morphologic changes in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2492-2502

  Ostendorf, Benedikt ^a   Peters, Ralf ^a   Dann, Paul ^a   Becker, Arnd ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Wedekind, Freya ^a   Friemann, Johannes ^b   Schulitz, Klaus Peter ^a   Mödder, Ulrich ^a   Schneider, Matthias ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Trauma Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0035157664     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200111)44:11<2492::AID-ART429>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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