Scintigraphic hand osteoarthritis (OA) - Prevalence, joint distribution, and association with OA at other sites

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1550-1556

  Jónsson, Helgi ^a   Elíasson, Gudmundur J ^a   Pétursson, Eysteinn ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Prevalence; Scintigraphy; Subsets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0345346371     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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