Tenosynovitis of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon predicts erosive progression in early rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2049-2050

  Lillegraven, Siri ^a   Bøyesen, Pernille ^a   Hammer, Hilde Berner ^a   Østergaard, Mikkel ^b   Uhlig, Till ^a   Sesseng, Sølve ^a   Kvien, Tore K ^a   Haavardsholm, Espen A ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B SCAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE TENDON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMERACT RA MRI SCORE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; TENDON; TENOSYNOVITIS; VAN DER HEIJDE MODIFIED SHARP SCORE; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 80053570243     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.151316     Document Type: Letter

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