Analysis of subclinical synovitis detected by ultrasonography and low-field magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-68

  Ogishima, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuboi, Hiroto ^a   Umeda, Naoto ^a   Horikoshi, Masanobu ^a   Kondo, Yuya ^a   Sugihara, Makoto ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^a   Matsumoto, Isao ^a   Sumida, Takayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone erosion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE EROSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HAND SYNOVITIS; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT SWELLING; JOINT TENDERNESS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84904980978     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2013.854050     Document Type: Article

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