The Role of Ultrasonography in Early Detection and Monitoring of Shoulder Erosions, and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients; Comparison with MRI Examination

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 693-700

  Amin, Mohammed F ^a   Ismail, Faten M ^a   El Shereef, Rawhya R ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Erosions; MRI; RA; Shoulder; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT EROSION; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860641951     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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