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Conventional radiography has always played a major role in the diagnosis and follow-up of RA. Since 1957, when the ARA published the first classificative criteria of the disease, conventional radiography, together with laboratory and clinical findings, has been included among the required criteria.

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  1. Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy

    Giacomo Garlaschi & Enzo Silvestri

  2. MRI Division, Esaote Group, Genoa, Italy

    Luigi Satragno

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Genoa, Italy

    Marco Amedeo Cimmino

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Garlaschi, G., Silvestri, E., Satragno, L., Cimmino, M.A. (2002). Diagnostic Imaging. In: The Rheumatoid Hand. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2266-9_2

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