Low-cost, low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging in early rheumatoid arthritis: A 1-year follow-up study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1208-1212

  Lindegaard, H M ^a   Vallo J ^b   Horslev Petersen K ^c   Junker, P ^a   Ostergaard M ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Aabenraa Hospital   (Denmark)

^c Aabenraa Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33747776177     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.049213     Document Type: Article

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