Synovitis and osteitis are very frequent in rheumatoid arthritis clinical remission: Results from an MRI study of 294 patients in clinical remission or low disease activity state

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2039-2044

  Gandjbakhch, Frédérique ^a   Conaghan, Philip G ^b   Ejbjerg, Bo ^c   Haavardsholm, Espen A ^d   Foltz, Violaine ^a   Brown, Andrew K ^e   Døhn, Uffe Møller ^f   Lassere, Marissa ^g   Freeston, Jane ^b   Bøyesen, Pernille ^d   Bird, Paul ^g   Fautrel, Bruno ^a   Hetland, Merete Lund ^f   Emery, Paul ^b   Bourgeois, Pierre ^a   Hørslev Petersen, Kim ^h   Kvien, Tore K ^d   McQueen, Fiona ^h   Østergaard, Mikkel ^f  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Low disease activity state; Magnetic resonance imaging; Remission; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; BONE EROSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE 28; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMRIS SCORE; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79951497910     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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