Verification of Berlin algorithm for diagnosing undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy patients in Chinese population

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-149

  Liao, Zetao ^a   Gu, Jieruo ^a   Huang, Feng ^b   Lin, Zhimin ^a   Zhao, Like ^a   Yu, Buyun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Berlin algorithm; Chinese; Diagnosis; Spondyloarthropathy, undifferentiated

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMOR CRITERIA; ARTICLE; BERLIN ALGORITHM; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EUROPEAN SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY STUDY GROUP CRITERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449173745     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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