Assessing the prevalence of hand osteoarthritis in epidemiological studies. The reliability of a radiological hand scale

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-292

  Kessler, S ^a   Dieppe, P ^b   Fuchs, J ^a   Sturmer T ^a   Gunther K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAND DISEASE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLEROSIS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034030546     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.4.289     Document Type: Article

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