Diagnostic classification of spondylarthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis by synovial histopathology: A prospective study in 154 consecutive patients

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2931-2941

  Baeten, Dominique ^a   Kruithof, Elli ^a   De Rycke, Leen ^a   Vandooren, Bernard ^a   Wyns, Bart ^b   Boullart, Luc ^b   Hoffman, Ilse E A ^a   Boots, Annemieke M ^c   Veys, Eric M ^a   De Keyser, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVIUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 4444242688     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20476     Document Type: Article

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