Multi-site quantitative ultrasound compared to dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in rheumatoid arthritis: Effects of body mass index and inflamed soft tissue on reproducibility

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1084-1090

  Pfeil, A ^a   Bottcher J ^a   Mentzel, H J ^a   Lehmann, G ^a   Schafer M L ^a   Kramer, A ^a   Petrovitch, A ^a   Seidl, B E ^a   Malich, A ^b   Hein, G ^a   Wolf, G ^a   Kaiser, W A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Department of Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Quantitative ultrasound; Reproducibility; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; BODY MASS INDEX; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINGER PHALANGES; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33749010320     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0140-5     Document Type: Article

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