Quantitative assessment of periarticular osteopenia in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: A preliminary report

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Meirer, R ^a,b   Muller Gerbl M ^c   Huemer, G M ^a,b   Schirmer, M ^d   Herold, M ^d   Kersting, S ^c   Freund, M C ^a   Rainer, C ^a,b   Gardetto, A ^a,b   Wanner, S ^a   Piza Katzer, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CALCIUM; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7044237427     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740410005890     Document Type: Article

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