How normal are the hands of normal controls? A study with dedicated magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-141

  Parodi, Massimiliano ^a   Silvestri, Enzo ^a   Garlaschi, Giacomo ^a   Cimmino, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand; Healthy controls; MRI; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENOSYNOVITIS; VOLUNTEER; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKYLOSIS; BONE DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33744792918     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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