Evaluation of several ultrasonography scoring systems for synovitis and comparison to clinical examination: Results from a prospective multicentre study of rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 828-833

  Dougados, Maxime ^a   Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ^b   Mistretta, Frederic ^c   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^d   Backhaus, Marina ^e   Bentin, Jacques ^f   Chalès, Gérard ^g   Chary Valckenaere, Isabelle ^h   Conaghan, Philip ⁱ   Etchepare, Fabien ^j   Gaudin, Philippe ^k   Grassi, Walter ^l   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^m   Sellam, Jérémie ⁿ   Naredo, Esperanza ^o   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^p   Wakefield, Richard ⁱ   Saraux, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RCTs   (France)

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

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^h CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^k Hopital Sud CHU de Grenoble   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^m LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^o HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77951550609     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.115493     Document Type: Article

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