Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài:proximal interphalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging, conventional radiography and clinical examination. | Available online http content 8 2 R52 Research article Ultrasonography of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging conventional radiography and clinical examination Marcin Szkudlarek1 Mette Klarlund2 Eva Narvestad3 Michel Court-Payen3 Charlotte Strandberg3 Karl E Jensen3 Henrik S Thomsen4 and Mikkel Ostergaard1 Department of Rheumatology University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital Kettegảrd Allé 30 2650 Hvidovre Denmark 2Magnetic Resonance Research Centre University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital Kettegảrd Allé 30 2650 Hvidovre Denmark 3Department of Radiology University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital Kettegảrd Allé 30 2650 Hvidovre Denmark 4Department of Radiology University of Copenhagen Herlev Hospital Herlev Ringvej 75 2730 Herlev Denmark Corresponding author Marcin Szkudlarek marcin@ Received 16 Aug 2005 Revisions requested 26 Sep 2005 Revisions received 22 Dec 2005 Accepted 26 Jan 2006 Published 6 Mar 2006 Arthritis Research Therapy 2006 8 R52 doi ar1 904 This article is online at http content 8 2 R52 2006 Szkudlarek et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Signs of inflammation and destruction in the finger joints are the principal features of rheumatoid arthritis RA . There are few studies assessing the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography in detecting these signs. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether ultrasonography can provide information on signs of inflammation and destruction in RA finger joints that are not available with conventional radiography and clinical examination and comparable to .
