MR imaging of early rheumatoid arthritis

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-163

  Narváez, José A ^a,b   Narváez, Javier ^a   de Lama, Eugenia ^a,b   de Albert, Matías ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Medimagen Diagnostic Imaging Centers   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77950100652     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.301095089     Document Type: Article

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