Enhanced MRI in early undifferentiated oligoarthritis of the knee joints: Improvements already visible after 2 months of DMARDs treatment

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1177-1182

  Emad, Yasser ^a,b   Ragab, Yasser ^a,b   Shaarawy, Ahmed ^a,b   Raafat, Hala ^a   El Kiki, H A ^a   Rasker, Johannes J ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Dr Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early arthritis; Gadolinium enhanced MRI; Methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine; Undifferentiated knee arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; GADOLINIUM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOTREXATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48449092217     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0935-8     Document Type: Article

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