Imaging in juvenile idiopathic arthritis with a focus on ultrasonography

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-148

  Laurell, Louise ^a   Court Payen, Michel ^b   Boesen, Mikael ^c   Fasth, Anders ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Gildhoj Private Hospital   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Imaging; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; MRI; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BONE EROSION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SYNOVIUM; TENOSYNOVITIS; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84874899064     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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