Rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculous arthritis: Differentiating MRI features

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1347-1353

  Choi, Jung Ah ^a,b   Sung, Hye Koh ^c   Hong, Sung Hwan ^b   Yong, Hwan Koh ^b   Choi, Ja Young ^b   Kang, Heung Sik ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthritis; MRI; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIARTICULAR JOINT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; SYNOVIUM; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 70449504040     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2164     Document Type: Article

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