Internet hand x-rays: A comparison of joint space narrowing and erosionscores (Sharp/Genant) of plain versus digitized x-rays in rheumatoid arthritispatients

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Arbillaga, Hector O ^a   Montgomery, Gregory P ^a   Cabarrus, Luis P ^a   Watson, Margaret M ^a   Martin, Liam ^a   Edworthy, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34248379113     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-3-13     Document Type: Article

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