Performance of an automated computer-based scoring method to assess joint space narrowing in rheumatoid arthritis: A longitudinal study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1444-1450

  Finckh, Axel ^a,b,e   De Pablo, Paola ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Neumann, Gesa ^a   Lu, Ying ^c   Wolfe, Frederick ^d   Duryea, Jeffrey ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646467936     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21802     Document Type: Article

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