Does low-field dedicated extremity MRI (E-MRI) reliably detect bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis? A comparison of two different E-MRI units and conventional radiography with high-resolution CT scanning

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1296-1302

  Duer Jensen, A ^a   Ejbjerg, B ^a   Albrecht Beste, E ^a   Vestergaard, A ^a   Moller Dohn U ^a   Lund Hetland, M ^a   Ostergaard M ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CARPAL BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTREMITY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 67651204910     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.093591     Document Type: Article

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