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EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE 12: 3035-3040, 2016 Diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in early rheumatoid arthritis 1 1 1 2 3 MING-YU WANG , XIAN-BIN WANG , XUE-HUI SUN , FENG-LI LIU and SHENG-CHUAN HUANG 1 2 3 Departments of Rheumatology and Immunology, Rheumatology and Radiology and Rheumatology and Ultrasonography, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong 264000, P.R. China Received April 21, 2015; Accepted May 19, 2016 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3695 Abstract. Early diagnosis and management improve the Introduction outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The present study explored the application of high-frequency Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and common inflam- ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) matory disease affecting as much as 1% of the population in the detection of early RA. Thirty-nine patients (20 males worldwide (1). It is a destructive and progressive joint disease and 19 females) diagnosed with early RA were enrolled in characterized by synovial membrane inflammation and joint the study. A total of 1,248 positions, including 858 hand cartilage destruction, which results in joint deformity and joints and 390 tendons, were examined by high-frequency disability, and an impaired quality of life (2). The occurrence US and MRI to evaluate the presence of bone erosion, bone