The usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging of the hand and wrist in very early rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kosta, Paraskevi E ^a   Voulgari, Paraskevi V ^b   Zikou, Anastasia K ^a   Drosos, Alexandros A ^b   Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ESTABLISHED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; VERY EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRAPEZIUM BONE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARPAL JOINTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYNOVITIS; TRAPEZIUM BONE; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958026440     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3355     Document Type: Article

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