Finger tendon disease in untreated early rheumatoid arthritis: A comparison of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1158-1164

  Wakefield, R J ^a   O'Connor, P J ^a   Conaghan, P G ^a   McGonagle, D ^a   Hensor, E M A ^a   Gibbon, W W ^b   Brown, C ^a   Emery, P ^a,c  

^a CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Academic Section of Musculoskeletal Disease   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiography; Ultrasound; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 35348875007     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23016     Document Type: Article

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