Combination of MRI-detected bone marrow oedema with 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria improves the diagnostic probability of early rheumatoid arthritis

Mami Tamai; Junko Kita; Yoshikazu Nakashima; Takahisa Suzuki; Yoshiro Horai; Akitomo Okada; Tomohiro Koga; Shin-ya Kawashiri; Naoki Iwamoto; Kunihiro Ichinose; Kazuhiko Arima; Satoshi Yamasaki; Hideki Nakamura; Tomoki Origuchi; Masataka Uetani; Aya Fukushima; Kiyoshi Aoyagi; Katsumi Eguchi; Atsushi Kawakami

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-205074

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Combination of MRI-detected bone marrow oedema with 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria improves the diagnostic probability of early rheumatoid arthritis

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Mami Tamai Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Junko Kita Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yoshikazu Nakashima Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Takahisa Suzuki Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yoshiro Horai Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Akitomo Okada Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tomohiro Koga Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shin-ya Kawashiri Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Naoki Iwamoto Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kunihiro Ichinose Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kazuhiko Arima Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Satoshi Yamasaki Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hideki Nakamura Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tomoki Origuchi Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masataka Uetani Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aya Fukushima Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kiyoshi Aoyagi Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Katsumi Eguchi Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Atsushi Kawakami Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Mami Tamai, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan; tamaim{at}nagasaki-u.ac.jp

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Tamai M, Kita J, Nakashima Y, et al

Combination of MRI-detected bone marrow oedema with 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria improves the diagnostic probability of early rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2014;73:2219-2220.

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Received December 15, 2013
Revised August 11, 2014
Accepted August 14, 2014
First published September 2, 2014.

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April 13, 2016

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