Significance of clinical evaluation of the metacarpophalangeal joint in relation to synovial/bone pathology in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis detected by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2751-2757

  Stone, Millicent A ^a   White, Lawrence M ^a   Gladman, Dafna D ^a   Inman, Robert D ^a   Chaya, Sam ^a   Lax, Matthew ^a   Salonen, David ^a   Weber, Deborah A ^a   Guthrie, Judy A ^a   Pomeroy, Emma ^b   Podbielski, Dominik ^a   Keystone, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Physical examination; Psoriatic arthritis; Reproducibility of results; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 72449151398     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080205     Document Type: Article

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