Comparisons of 7- to 78-joint ultrasonography scores: All different joint combinations show equal response to adalimumab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hammer, Hilde B ^a   Kvien, Tore K ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TENDON; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MONITORING; ECHOGRAPHY; JOINT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957499309     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3341     Document Type: Article

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