The value of ultrasonography in predicting arthritis in auto-antibody positive arthralgia patients: A prospective cohort study

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  van de Stadt, Lotte A ^a   Bos, Wouter H ^a   Meursinge Reynders, Marlies ^a   Wieringa, Helen ^a   Turkstra, Franktien ^a   van der Laken, Conny J ^a,b   van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^a,b  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE; CYCLOPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; TENOSYNOVITIS; BLOOD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77952346216     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3028     Document Type: Article

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