Can magnetic resonance imaging differentiate undifferentiated arthritis based on knee imaging?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1963-1970

  Emad, Yasser ^a,b   Ragab, Yasser ^a   Shaarawy, Ahmed ^a   Abou Zeid, Alaa ^b   Saad, Ahmed ^a   Fawzy, Magdy ^a   Jokhdar, Hani ^c   Rasker, Johannes J ^d  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Dr Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Inflammatory synovitis; Knee joint; Rheumatoid arthritis; Seronegative arthropathy; Undifferentiated arthritis of the knee joint

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ENTHESITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 70349252067     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.081320     Document Type: Article

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