Rheumatoid arthritis: A practical guide to state-of-the-art imaging, image interpretation, and clinical implications

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 381-398

  Sommer, Oliver J ^a   Kladosek, Andrea ^a   Weiler, Volkmar ^a   Czembirek, Heinz ^a   Boeck, Martina ^a   Stiskal, Michael ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE CYST; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT EFFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYARTHRITIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 17444412667     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.252045111     Document Type: Article

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