The OMERACT ultrasound task force - Status and perspectives

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2063-2067

  Naredo, Esperanza ^a   Wakefield, Richard J ^b   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^c   Terslev, Lene ^d   Filippucci, Emilio ^e   Gandjbakhch, Frederique ^f   Aegerter, Philippe ^g   Aydin, Sibel ^h   Backhaus, Marina ⁱ   Balint, Peter V ^j   Bruyn, George A W ^k   Collado, Paz ^a   Finzel, Stephanie ^l   Freeston, Jane E ^h   Gutierrez, Marwin ^e   Joshua, Frederick ^m   Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ⁿ   Kane, David ^o   Keen, Helen I ^p   Moller, Ingrid ^q   Mandl, Peter ^j   Ohrndorf, Sarah ⁱ   Pineda, Carlos ^r   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^s   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^d   Conaghan, Philip G ^b   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^g   more..

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^k MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁿ SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^o ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^q Instituto Poal   (Spain)

^r Cellular Biology Section   (Mexico)

^s Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Enthesitis; Omeract; Power doppler; Standardization; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELPHI DEFINITION EXERCISE; ENTHESITIS; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRAOBSERVER RELIABILITY; JOINT EXAMINATION; OMERACT ULTRASOUND GLOBAL SYNOVITIS SCORE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLOSIS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80052341629     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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