Contrast enhanced Gd-DTPA magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis during a clinical trial with DMARDs. A prospective two-year follow-up study on hand joints in 31 patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-156

  Jevtic, V ^a   Watt, I ^c   Rozman, B ^a   Kos Golja, M ^a   Praprotnik, S ^a   Logar, D ^a   Presetnik, M ^a   Demsar, F ^b   Jarh, O ^b   Campion, G ^d   Musikic, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

long term follow up; magnetic resonance imaging; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE AND BONES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HAND; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PENTETIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES;

EID: 14444279185     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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