Inter -and intraobserver variation of ultrasonographic cartilage thickness assessments in small and large joints in healthy children

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Spannow, Anne Helene ^a   Pfeiffer Jensen, Mogens ^a   Andersen, Niels Trolle ^b   Stenbøg, Elisabeth ^a   Herlin, Troels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE THICKNESS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; KNEE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; VALIDITY; WRIST;

EID: 67650066235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-7-12     Document Type: Article

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