A comparison of bone loss in early and late rheumatoid arthritis using quantitative phalangeal ultrasound

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-207

  Birkett, V ^a   Ring, E F J ^a,b   Elvins, D M ^a   Taylor, G ^a   Bhalla, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Early RA; Finger; Phalangeal ultrasonography; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141893538     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0699-0     Document Type: Article

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