A comparison of three radiologic scoring systems for the long-term assessment of rheumatoid arthritis: Findings of an ongoing prospective inception cohort study of 132 women followed up for a median of twelve years

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1465-1472

  Drossaers Bakker, K W ^a   Amesz, E ^a   Zwinderman, A H ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   Hazes, J M W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033921191     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200007)43:7<1465::AID-ANR8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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