Magnetic resonance imaging and bone scintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of unclassified arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-51

  Duer, A ^a,b   Østergaard, Mikkel ^a,c,e   Horslev Petersen K ^b   Vallo J ^d  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Department of Orthopedic Surgery Aabenraa Hospital   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE AND BONES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37749020999     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.063792     Document Type: Article

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