Interobserver reliability in ultrasound assessment of rheumatoid wrist joints

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Luz, Karine R ^a   Furtado, Rita N V ^a   Mitraud, Sonia V ^a   Porglhof, Jorge ^a   Nunes, Conceiçao ^a   Fernandes, Artur R C ^a   Natour, Jamil ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84858629869     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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