MRI bone oedema predicts eight year tendon function at the wrist but not the requirement for orthopaedic surgery in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 607-611

  Zheng, S ^b   Robinson, E ^b   Yeoman, S ^c   Stewart, N ^d   Crabbe, J ^d   Rouse, J ^e   McQueen, F M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d Auckland Radiology Group   (New Zealand)

^e Handworks   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON SHEATH; TENDON SURGERY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33646242030     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.043323     Document Type: Article

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