title: [Attempt at staging articular changes in rheumatoid arthritis using magnetic resonance tomography exemplified by the wrist joint].
abstract: Sixty-four examinations of the wrist in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by magnetic resonance imaging using a 0.23 TESLA magnet showed a great sensitivity in detecting proliferative partly exudative or destructive synovialitis, as is common in rheumatoid arthritis. In accordance to the Larsen system for grading rheumatoid arthritis lesions by conventional x-ray, we establish a clinically relevant magnetic resonance grading system which is able to diversify the stages of destruction and inflammative activity in rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Universitätskliniken, Freiburg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meske
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stappert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friedburg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mundinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Versuch der Stadieneinteilung artikulärer Veränderungen bei der rheumatoiden Arthritis mittels Magnetresonanz-Tomographie am Beispiel des Handgelenkes.