Imaging of Inflammatory Arthritis in Children: Status and Perspectives on the Use of Ultrasound, Radiographs, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 587-606

  Chauvin, Nancy A ^a   Khwaja, Asef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; MRI; Radiography; Ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE LESION; CHILD; CHONDROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; JOINT EFFUSION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL THICKENING; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; JOINT;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EDEMA; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84992348080     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: 15583163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2016.07.002     Document Type: Review

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