Evaluation of a novel 7-joint ultrasound score in daily rheumatologic practice: A pilot project

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1194-1201

  Backhaus, M ^a   Ohrndorf, S ^a   Kellner, H ^b   Strunk, J ^c   Backhaus, T M ^a   Hartung, W ^d   Sattler, H ^e   Albrecht, K ^f   Kaufmann, J ^g   Becker, K ^h   Sorensen H ⁱ   Meier, L ^j   Burmester, G R ^a   Schmidt, W A ^k  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Hospital Neuwittelsbach   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein   (Germany)

^d Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach   (Germany)

^e Parkklinik Bad Dürkheim   (Germany)

^f Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch ^*  (Germany)

^g Charité Medicine Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^h NONE   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE   (Germany)

^j NONE   (Germany)

^k Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; PROTEIN C; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOOT JOINTS; GERMANY; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 69749098912     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24646     Document Type: Article

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