A new method of scoring radiographic change in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2094-2107

  Rau, Rolf ^a,d   Wassenberg, Siegfried ^a   Herborn, Gertraud ^a   Stucki, Gerold ^a,b   Gebler, Anja ^a,c  

^a Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus R ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Rheumaklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scoring methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031732403     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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