Quantitative determination of the diagnostic accuracy of the synovitis score and its components

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-443

  Slansky, Elisabeth ^a,b   Li, Jialiang ^c   Häupl, Thomas ^d   Morawietz, Lars ^e   Krenn, Veit ^f   Pessler, Frank ^b,g  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Department of Rheumatology ^*  (United States)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Centre for Histology Cytology and Molecular Diagnostics   (Germany)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

osteoarthritis; receiver operating characteristic analysis; rheumatoid arthritis; synovitis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; YOUDEN INDEX;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; ROC CURVE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 77956645266     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03641.x     Document Type: Article

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