Introduction of a novel magnetic resonance imaging tenosynovitis score for rheumatoid arthritis: Reliability in a multireader longitudinal study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1216-1220

  Haavardsholm, Espen A ^a,b   Østergaard, Mikkel ^c   Ejbjerg, Bo J ^c   Kvan, Nils P ^a   Kvien, Tore K ^a,b  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST;

EID: 34548166724     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.068361     Document Type: Article

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