High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography for the evaluation of bone erosions of metatarsophalangeal joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Jørgen Martin MeinhardssonRasmus Klose-JensenJosephine TherkildsenBente LangdahlEllen-Margrethe HaugeKresten Krarup KellerPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2023)
The superiority of HR-pQCT of the 4th and 5th MTP joints compared with CR of 44 joints for classifying erosive RA provides a basis for larger studies evaluating if HR-pQCT could be used for diagnosing erosive RA in the future.
Keyphrases
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- bone mineral density
- mass spectrometry
- current status
- interstitial lung disease
- bone loss
- tandem mass spectrometry
- case control
- dual energy
- bone regeneration
- contrast enhanced
- systemic sclerosis