Advanced imaging in rheumatoid arthritis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-389

  Farrant, J M ^a   Grainger, Andrew J ^a,b   O'Connor, P J ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Erosions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

BONE EROSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947711772     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0220-3     Document Type: Review

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