Reproducibility of joint swelling assessment by sonography in patients with long-lasting rheumatoid arthritis (SEA-repro study part II)

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 938-945

  Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ^a   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^b   Marhadour, Thierry ^a   Albert, Jean David ^c   Bentin, Jacques ^d   Valckenaere, Isabelle Chary ^e   Etchepare, Fabien ^f   Gaudin, Philippe ^g   Hudry, Christophe ^h   Chalès, Gérard ^c   Grange, Laurent ^g   Hacquard, Cécile ^b   Loeuille, Damien ^e   Sellam, Jérémie ⁱ   Dougados, Maxime ^h   Saraux, Alain ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^f Les Charmilles Hospital   (France)

^g Hopital Sud CHU de Grenoble   (France)

^h Cochin University Hospital ^*  (France)

ⁱ BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT SWELLING; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77951869319     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090881     Document Type: Article

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