Development and evaluation of a modified version of Larsen's scoring method to assess radiologic changes in rheumatoid arthritis;Entwicklung und evaluation einer modifizierten version der Larsen- methode zur bewertung rontgenologischer veranderungen bei chronischer polyarthritis

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 127-135

  Rau, R ^a   Herborn, G ^a  

^a Fachkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Larsen's method; RA radiography; Radiographic scoring methods; Radiologic progression; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLD SODIUM THIOMALATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOE JOINT; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0030862840     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003930050028     Document Type: Article

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