Bone Marrow Edema in the Cervical Spine of Symptomatic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-288

  Narváez, José Antonio ^a   Narváez, Javier ^a   de Albert, Matías ^a   De Lama, Eugenia ^a   Serrallonga, Marta ^b   Nolla, Joan M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Centre Bellvitge   (Spain)

Author keywords

bone marrow edema; cervical spine; magnetic resonance imaging; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 58549113384     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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