Reliability of ultrasonography in detecting shoulder disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-361

  Bruyn, G A W ^a   Naredo, E ^b   Moller I ^c   Moragues, C ^d   Garrido, J ^e   De Bock, G H ^f   D'Agostino, M A ^g   Filippucci, E ^h   Lagnocco, A ⁱ   Backhaus, M ^j   Swen, W A A ^k   Balint, P ^l   Pineda, C ^m   Milutinovic, S ⁿ   Kane, D ^o   Kaeley, G ^p   Narvaez, F J ^d   Wakefield, R J ^q   Narvaez, J A ^d   De Augustin, J ^r   Schmidt, W A ^s   more..

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Poal de Reumatologia   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^j CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^k Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^l National Institute of Rheumatology Budapest   (Hungary)

^m National Institute of Rehabilitation   (Mexico)

ⁿ Institute for Rheumatology   (Serbia)

^o ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^p ROAD Clinic   (United States)

^q CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^r HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^s Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE EROSION; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER DISEASE; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BURSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 61449185555     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089243     Document Type: Article

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