Re: INFO - Update of imaging and radiographic measurements: assessment of symptom presentation and disease progression

[Guest guest]

, thank you so much for posting all these informative articles.

Everytime I read something like this about radiographic studies of

joint erosions and the importance of diagnosing early, I wonder about

something. When I was first diagnosed 10 years ago with an

undifferentiated connective tissue disease, the GP I was seeing x-

rayed my hands and said that I had OA in my hands rather than RA (I

was only 45 at the time). She didn't tell me what the difference

was, though. How can doctors tell the difference between OA and RA

on x-ray? Have you run across any articles about that?

Thanks again!

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> Medscape Rheumatology

> Expert Column

> Posted 12/14/2006

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> " Update on Imaging and Radiographic Measurements: Assessment of

Symptom

> Presentation and Disease Progression " :

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> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/548112_1

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> Not an MD

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