The OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force - Advances and priorities

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1829-1832

  D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^a   Conaghan, Philip G ^b   Naredo, Esperanza ^c   Aegerter, Philippe ^a   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^d   Freeston, Jane E ^b   Filippucci, Emilio ^e   Moller, Ingrid ^f,r   Pineda, Carlos ^g   Joshua, Frederick ^h   Backhaus, Marina ⁱ   Keen, Helen I ^j   Kaeley, Gurjeet ^k   Zisweiler, Hans Rudolf ^l   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^m   Balint, Peter V ⁿ   Bruyn, George A W ^o   Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ^p   Kane, David ^q   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^r   Terslev, Lene ^s   Wakefield, Richard J ^b   more..

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g Instituto Nacional Rehabilitición   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k University Hospital ^*

^l PSI   (Switzerland)

^m National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy   (Germany)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^o MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^p BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^q ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^r HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^s FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

Intermachine reliability; Research agenda; Scoring system; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTHESITIS; HAND; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68849097051     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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