Contrast-enhanced whole-body joint MRI in patients with unclassified arthritis who develop early rheumatoid arthritis within 2 years: Feasibility study and correlation with MRI findings of the hands

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kamishima, Tamotsu ^a   Fujieda, Yuichiro ^a   Atsumi, Tatsuya ^a   Mimura, Rie ^b   Koike, Takao ^a   Terae, Satoshi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Hakodate City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced MRI; Diagnostic workup; Rheumatoid arthritis; Whole body MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND JOINT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958561217     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4140     Document Type: Article

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