New radiographic bone erosions in the wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are detectable with magnetic resonance imaging a median of two years earlier

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2128-2131

  Østergaard, Mikkel ^a,c   Hansen, Michael ^b   Stoltenberg, Michael ^b   Jensen, Karl Erik ^a   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^a   Pedersen Zbinden, Brigitta ^a   Lorenzen, Ib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT DESTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WRIST; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARPAL BONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS; TIME FACTORS; ULNA; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0041571736     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11076     Document Type: Article

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