Comparison of the combined cortical thickness of the second metacarpal with Sharp's method for scoring hand microradiographs in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1290-1294

  Chan, Edwin ^a   Pandith, Vikas ^a   Towheed, Tanveer E ^a   Brouillard, Daniel ^a   Zee, Benny ^a   Anastassiades, Tassos P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine

Author keywords

Densitometry; Metacarpus; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METACARPAL BONE; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0031862358     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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