The smallest detectable difference and sensitivity to change of magnetic resonance imaging and radiographic scoring of structural joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis finger, wrist, and toe joints: A comparison of the OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis magnetic resonance imaging score applied to different joint combinations and the Sharp/van der Heijde radiographic score

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2300-2306

  Ejbjerg, Bo Jannik ^a,b   Vestergaard, Aage ^a,b   Jacobsen, Søren ^a,b   Thomsen, Henrik S ^a,b   Østergaard, Mikkel ^a,b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOREFOOT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOE JOINT; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 23644431746     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21207     Document Type: Article

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