Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hand versus Anticyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Testing to Confirm the Diagnosis of Clinically Suspected Early Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Absence of Rheumatoid Factor and Radiographic Erosions

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-109

  Narváez, Javier ^a   Sirvent, Elena ^a   Narváez, José Antonio ^a   Bas, Jordi ^a   Gómez Vaquero, Carmen ^a   Reina, Delia ^a   Nolla, Joan M ^a   Valverde, José ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies; diagnosis; early rheumatoid arthritis; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52149120081     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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