Knee alterations in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison of US and MRI

Abstract

This study was designed to compare the diagnostic efficacy of ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting changes in the knee of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and discover the possible association between the serological index and bone erosion detected by US.

Keywords

• ultrasonography
• rheumatoid arthritis
• mri
• anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody