Radiographic study of joint destruction patterns in the rheumatoid elbow

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-519

  Kitamura, Takashi ^a   Hashimoto, Jun ^b   Murase, Tsuyoshi ^b   Tomita, Tetsuya ^b   Hattori, Takako ^c   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^b   Sugamoto, Kazuomi ^b  

^a Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elbow joint; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT DESTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847612459     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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