title: Early rheumatoid arthritis: a review of MRI and sonographic findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The introduction of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agents has opened new prospects in therapeutic management of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, thereby creating new demands on radiologists to identify patients with aggressive disease at an early stage. As a result, imaging techniques such as MRI and sonography have developed during the past few years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article illustrates the imaging findings that may be encountered with these techniques in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille and Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, Blvd. du Pr. J Leclercq, 59037 Lille, France. nboutry@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boutry
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: René-Marc
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Flipo
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Demondion
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cotten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*