This article describes the 2002 OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis magnetic resonance image
scoring system (RAMRIS) for evaluation of inflammatory and destructive changes in RA …

Magnetic resonance image (MRI) scanning is a new method for imaging and quantifying
joint inflammation and damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Over the past 4 years, the …

Objective To evaluate the interobserver agreement of ultrasonographic assessment of
finger and toe joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by 2 investigators with different …

The aim of this study was to evaluate new and previously hypothesised non-genetic risk factors
for serologic subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) defined by the presence or absence of …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) for
assessing inflammatory activity in the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of patients with …

… Furthermore, synovitis was scored according to a semiquantitative scale (ranging 0–4) as
suggested by Klarlund et al (15). All MRI examinations were evaluated on hard-copy films by …

… Klarlund M, Østergaard M, Lorenzen I. Finger joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: …
Østergaard M. Different approaches to synovial membrane volume determination by magnetic …

… Synovitis was scored according to the semiquantitative system (grades 0–4) introduced by
Klarlund and coworkers [11]. The MRI observer was blinded to clinical and ultrasonographical …

OBJECTIVES To evaluate synovial membrane hypertrophy, tenosynovitis, and erosion
development of the 2nd to 5th metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) …

Objective To study the role of shared epitope (SE) susceptibility genes, alone and in
combination with tobacco smoking and other environmental risk factors, for risk of subtypes of …