Examination of intra and interrater reliability with a new ultrasonographic reference atlas for scoring of synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1995-1998

  Hammer, Hilde Berner ^a   Bolton King, Pernille ^a   Bakkeheim, Vivi ^b   Berg, Torill Helene ^a   Sundt, Elisabeth ^a   Kongtorp, Anne Katrine ^a   Haavardsholm, Espen A ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BOOK; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCARPAL JOINT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT; KNEE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80053568472     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.152926     Document Type: Article

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