Association of bone edema with the progression of bone erosions quantified by hand magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1623-1629

  Lisbona, Maria Pilar ^a   Pàmies, Anna ^a   Ares, Jesús ^a   Almirall, Miriam ^a   Navallas, Maria ^a   Solano, Albert ^a   Maymó, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone marrow edema; Magnetic resonance; Ramris; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM REMISSION CRITERIA; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCORING; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; TENOSYNOVITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISABILITY; EDEMA; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BONE DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905484303     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130902     Document Type: Article

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