Bone loss in unclassified polyarthritis and early rheumatoid arthritis is better detected by digital x ray radiogrammetry than dual x ray absorptiometry: Relationship with disease activity and radiographic outcome

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Jensen, T ^a,b   Klarlund, M ^b   Hansen, M ^b   Jensen, K E ^b   Podenphant J ^b   Hansen, T M ^b   Skjodt H ^b   Hyldstrup, L ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL X RAY RADIOGRAMMETRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346690024     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.013888     Document Type: Article

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