Magnetic resonance imaging is more sensitive than radiographs in detecting change in size of erosions in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1957-1967

  Chen, Timothy S ^a   Crues III, John V ^a,b   Ali, Muhammad ^a   Troum, Orrin M ^c,d  

^a Radnet Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Orrin M Troum MD and Medical Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs; Erosions; In office magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METHOTREXATE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WRIST;

EID: 33750017522     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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