The relation between composite ultrasound measures and the DAS28 score, its components and acute phase markers in adult RA

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-480

  Hameed, B ^a   Pilcher, J ^a   Heron, C ^a   Kiely, Patrick D W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DAS28 score; Disease activity assessment; Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FINGER JOINT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 43049178439     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem383     Document Type: Article

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