Erosions Develop Rarely in Joints Without Clinically Detectable Inflammation in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2580-2584

  Sokka, Tuulikki ^a,e   Kautiainen, Hannu ^b   Möttönen, Timo ^c   Hannonen, Pekka ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early rheumatoid arthritis; Erosion; Prediction; Radiographic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0142033039     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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