Perceptual variation in categorizing individuals according to American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for hand, knee, and hip osteoarthritis (OA): Observations based on an Australian Twin Registry study of OA

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2654-2658

  Bellamy, Nicholas ^a,b   Klestov, Alexander ^c   Muirden, Kenneth ^d   Kuhnert, Petra ^b   Do, Kim Anh ^b   O'Gorman, Louise ^b   Martin, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACR criteria; Observer agreement; Osteoarthritis; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REGISTRIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; TWINS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032734101     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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