Bone marrow edema is the most specific finding for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging of the hands and wrists: A comparison of patients with ra and healthy controls

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Olech, Ewa ^a   Crues III, John V ^b   Yocum, David E ^c   Merrill, Joan T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Radnet Management   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow edema; Erosions; Healthy controls; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE MARROW; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 76649092937     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090062     Document Type: Article

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