Ultrasonographic and MRI characterisation of the palindromic phase of rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-626

  Bugatti, Serena ^a   Caporali, Roberto ^a   Manzo, Antonio ^a   Sakellariou, Garifallia ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^a   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALINDROMIC RHEUMATISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MARROW DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84857919125     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200077     Document Type: Letter

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