Validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness of a twelve-joint simplified power Doppler ultrasonographic assessment of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-522

  Naredo, Esperanza ^a,k   Rodríguez, Manuel ^b   Campos, Cristina ^c   Rodríguez Heredia, José Manuel ^d   Medina, Julio A ^e   Giner, Emilio ^f   Martínez, Olga ^g   Toyos, Francisco Javier ^h   Ruíz, Teresa ⁱ   Ros, Inmaculada ^j   Pujol, Manuel ^k   Miquel, Xavier ^l   García, Luz ^m   Aznar, Juan José ⁿ   Chamizo, Eugenio ⁿ   Páez, Manuel ^o   Morales, Pilar ^p   Rueda, Amalia ^p   Tuneu, Roser ^q   Corominas, Hector ^r   De Agustín, Juan José ^r   Moragues, Carmen ^r   Mínguez, Dolores ^s   Willisch, Alfredo ^b   González Cruz, Isabel ^c   Aragón, Angel ^d   Iglesias, Gerardo ^e   Armas, Carlos ^f   Valdazo, Juan Pablo ^g   Vargas, Carmen ^h   Calvo Alén, Jaime ⁱ   Juan Mas, Antonio ^j   Salvador, Georgina ^k   Puigdollers, Angels ^l   Galíndez, Eva ^m   Garrido, Noemi ⁿ   Salaberri, José ^o   Raya, Enrique ^p   Salles, Meritxell ^q   Díaz, César ^r   Cuadra, José Luis ^s   Garrido, Jesús ^t   more..

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b Galician Health System   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^e Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA CONCHA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL SIERRALLANA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^k Fundació Sanitaria Igualada ^*  (Spain)

^l Hospital de Basurto   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

ⁿ Hospital de Merida   (Spain)

^o HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

^p HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^q Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau   (Spain)

^r HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^s Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

EID: 42449113822     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23529     Document Type: Article

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