Reliability and construct validity of ultrasonography of soft tissue and destructive changes in erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: A comparison with MRI

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Wittoek, Ruth ^a   Jans, Lennart ^a   Lambrecht, Valérie ^a   Carron, Philippe ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad ^a   Verbruggen, Gust ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EFFUSION; EROSIVE OSTEOARTHRITIS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOFT TISSUE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 78751697748     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.134932     Document Type: Article

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