Reliability of scoring methods to measure radiographic change in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 766-768

  Rau, Rolf ^a   Wassenberg, Siegfried ^a  

^a Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus Ratingen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE EROSION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT DESTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 18744380372     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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