Low-field magnetic resonance imaging study on carpal arthritis in systemic sclerosis - low-grade erosive arthritis of carpal bones is an unexpected and frequent disease manifestation

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Akbayrak, Elif ^a   Dinser, Robert ^a   Müller Ladner, Ulf ^a   Tarner, Ingo H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CARPAL BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNKTIONSFRAGEBOGEN HANNOVER QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LUNATE BONE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCORE; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; CARPAL JOINT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL JOINTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84871761508     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4128     Document Type: Article

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