Reducing invasiveness, duration, and cost of magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis by omitting intravenous contrast injection - Does it change the assessment of inflammatory and destructive joint changes by the OMERACT RAMRIS?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1806-1810

  Østergaard, Mikkel ^a,h   Conaghan, Philip G ^b   O'Connor, Philip ^c   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^a   Klarlund, Mette ^a   Emery, Paul ^b   Peterfy, Charles ^d   Genant, Harry ^e   McQueen, Fiona M ^f   Bird, Paul ^g   Lassere, Marissa ^g   Ejbjerg, Bo ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SYNARC INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Magnetic resonance imaging imaging; OMERACT; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BONE EDEMA; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MRI SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST SAVINGS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 68849105782     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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