Asymmetry of small joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: Prevalence and tendency towards symmetry over time

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-247

  Zangger, Philippe ^a,d   Keystone, Edward C ^b   Bogoch, Earl R ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Modified Larsen system; Radiograph; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND DISEASE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WRIST; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 17844378723     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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