Imaging tools in rheumatoid arthritis: Ultrasound vs magnetic resonance imaging

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.7, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Erosion; MRI; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EDEMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84872472934     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes329     Document Type: Article

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