Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand and Wrist: Comparison of Three Imaging Techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 937-943

  Taouli, Bachir ^a,b   Zaim, Souhil ^a   Peterfy, Charles G ^a   Lynch, John A ^a   Stork, Alexander ^a   Guermazi, Ali ^a   Fan, Bo ^a   Fye, Kenneth H ^c   Genant, Harry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 1642369457     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.4.1820937     Document Type: Review

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