Early diagnosis for polyarthritis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis using systemic gallium scintigraphy

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-590

  Yamazaki, Shigeru ^a,b   Okano, Motohiko ^b   Toita, Nariaki ^b   Hatano, Norikazu ^b   Kobayashi, Ichiro ^b   Kawamura, Nobuaki ^b   Kobayashi, Kunihiko ^b  

^a Ultra Clinic   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gallium scintigraphy; Hyaluronic acid; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Matrix metalloproteinase 3

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYARTHRITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SWELLING;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 68349137400     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02873.x     Document Type: Article

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