Assessing damage in individual joints in rheumatoid arthritis: A new method based on the Larsen system

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-396

  Zangger, P ^a,e   Kachura, J R ^b   Bombardier, C ^c   Redelmeier, D A ^c   Badley, E M ^c   Bogoch, E R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Martin Fam Ctr Arthr Care Res   (Canada)

^e Mobility Prog St Michael's H ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hand; Larsen score; Natural history; Radiographs; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT DESTRUCTION; LARSEN SYSTEM; MODIFIED LARSEN SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WRIST;

EID: 5044222307     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.07.009     Document Type: Article

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