Benefits of ultrasonography in the management of early arthritis: A cross-sectional study of baseline data from the ESPOIR cohort

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1515-1519

  Funck Brentano, Thomas ^a   Etchepare, Fabien ^a   Joulin, Sandrine J ^b   Gandjbakch, Frédérique ^a   Pensec, Valérie D ^b   Cyteval, Catherine ^c   Miquel, Anne ^d   Benhamou, Mathilde ^a   Banal, Frédéric ^a   Le Loet, Xavier ^e   Cantagrel, Alain ^f   Bourgeois, Pierre ^a   Fautrel, Bruno ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Etude et Suivides Polyarthrites Indiff renci es R centes cohort; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FRANCE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 75649083404     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep279     Document Type: Article

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