Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Wrist and Finger Joints in Healthy Subjects Occasionally Shows Changes Resembling Erosions and Synovitis as Seen in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1097-1106

  Ejbjerg, Bo ^a,d   Narvestad, Eva ^a   Rostrup, Egill ^a   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^a   Jacobsen, Søren ^b   Thomsen, Henrik S ^c   Østergaard, Mikkel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE MARROW; EDEMA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 1842783801     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20135     Document Type: Article

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