Radiographic measurements in the evaluation and classification of elbow joint destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Hashizume, Kenzo ^a   Nishida, Keiichiro ^a   Fujiwara, Kazuo ^a   Kadota, Yasutaka ^a   Nakahara, Ryuichi ^a   Ezawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Inoue, Hajime ^a   Ozaki, Toshifumi ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Kosai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elbow joint; Joint destruction pattern; Radiographic parameter; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW; ELBOW ANKYLOSIS; ELBOW OSTEOARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULNA;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 77954425281     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1381-y     Document Type: Article

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