A clinical prediction rule combining routine assessment and power doppler ultrasonography for predicting progression to rheumatoid arthritis from early-onset undifferentiated arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 686-694

  Salaffi, F ^a   Ciapetti, A ^a   Gasparini, S ^a   Carotti, M ^a   Filippucci, E ^a   Grassi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early onset undifferentiated arthritis; Prediction rule; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY ONSET UNDIFFERENTIATED ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POWER DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249245882     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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