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Combined pre-injection wrist and ankle MRI protocol and steroid joint injections in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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Precise localization of affected compartments of the wrist and ankle in children with an established diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is clinically challenging. The purpose of this paper is to describe our experience utilizing a pre-injection MRI protocol of the wrist and ankle for localizing disease activity followed by fluoroscopically guided joint injections in children with JIA.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6701 Fannin St., Suite 470, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    J. Herman Kan

  2. Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA

    T. Brent Graham

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Kan, J.H., Graham, T.B. Combined pre-injection wrist and ankle MRI protocol and steroid joint injections in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Radiol 41, 1326–1332 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2181-5

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