Insufficiency and stress fractures of the long bones occurring in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, with a contribution on the possibilities of computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-63

  Lingg, Gerwin M ^a   Soltèsz, Inga ^a   Kessler, Stefan ^a   Dreher, Raíner ^a  

^a Zentrales Rontgeninstitut R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Conventional X ray diagnosis; Corticoid treatment; Insufficiency fracture; Panarteritis; Panarterrlitis nodosa; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; FRACTURE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STRESSES; SURGERY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CORTICOID TREATMENT; PANARTERRLITIS NODOSA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS FRACTURE; X RAY DIAGNOSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LONG BONE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; STEROIDS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344474704     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(97)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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