Bone edema scored on magnetic resonance imaging scans of the dominant carpus at presentation predicts radiographic joint damage of the hands and feet six years later in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1814-1827

  McQueen, Fiona M ^a,b   Benton, Nick ^a   Perry, David ^a   Crabbe, Jeff ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a   Yeoman, Sue ^a   McLean, Lachy ^a   Stewart, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE EDEMA; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CARPAL BONES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; EPITOPES; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0038005025     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11162     Document Type: Article

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