The radiological assessment of rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 17, 1997, Pages

  Scott, D L ^a   Laasonen, L ^b,f   Priolo, F ^c,f   Houssien, D A ^a   Bacarini, L ^d,f   Cerase, A ^c   Cammisa, M ^e,f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Department of Radiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Scoring radiological abnormalities; Therapeutic trials

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030738702     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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