Ultrasonography of the metatarsophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging, conventional radiography, and clinical examination

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2103-2112

  Szkudlarek, Marcin ^a   Narvestad, Eva ^a   Klarlund, Mette ^a   Court Payen, Michel ^b   Thomsen, Henrik S ^b   Østergaard, Mikkel ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUROTHIOMALATE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BONE DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142703574     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20333     Document Type: Article

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