SCORING RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Authors
SHARP JT
Citation
Jt. Sharp, SCORING RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, The Radiologic clinics of North America, 34(2), 1996, pp. 233
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
The Radiologic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338389
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8389(1996)34:2<233:SRAIR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Serial radiologic examination can demonstrate the initial development and stability or progression of erosions and cartilage damage during t he course of rheumatoid arthritis. Measurement of the radiographic pro gression fate is potentially the most powerful tool available to the i ndividual practitioner and the clinical investigator. This article exa mines various methods for scoring radiographic abnormalities in rheuma toid arthritis.