Imaging in rheumatoid arthritis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-584

  Tan, York Kiat ^a,c   Conaghan, Philip G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Chapel Allerton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conventional radiography; Erosion; MRI; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DENOSUMAB; ETANERCEPT; FOSTAMATINIB; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TOCILIZUMAB; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; BONE EROSION; BONE INJURY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MONARTHRITIS; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT DURATION; X RAY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 82955227658     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2011.10.002     Document Type: Review

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