MRI changes in psoriatic dactylitis - Extent of pathology, relationship to tenderness and correlation with clinical indices

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-95

  Healy, P J ^a,b   Groves, C ^b   Chandramohan, M ^b   Helliwell, P S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Dactylitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measurement; Outcome assessment; Psoriatic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DACTYLITIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; FOOT DISEASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; EDEMA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TOE JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349083640     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem315     Document Type: Article

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