A systematic literature review analysis of ultrasound joint count and scoring systems to assess synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis according to the OMERACT filter

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2055-2062

  Mandl, Peter ^a   Naredo, Esperanza ^b   Wakefield, Richard J ^c   Conaghan, Philip G ^c   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Power doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scoring system; Synovitis; Systematic literature review; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GLOBAL OMERACT SCORING SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT COUNT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDTARSAL JOINT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBTALAR JOINT; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80052322728     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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