Using extremity magnetic resonance imaging to assess and monitor early rheumatoid arthritis: The optimal joint combination to be scanned in clinical practice

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-583

  Olech, Ewa ^a   Freeston, Jane E ^c   Conaghan, Philip G ^c   Hensor, Elizabeth M A ^c   Emery, Paul ^c   Yocum, David ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Extremity magnetic resonance imaging; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41849103447     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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