The 6-joint ultrasonographic assessment: A valid, sensitive-to-change and feasible method for evaluating joint inflammation in RA

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 866-873

  Perricone, Carlo ^a   Ceccarelli, Fulvia ^a   Modesti, Mariagrazia ^a   Vavala, Caterina ^a   Di franco, Manuela ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti TNF; Imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYNOVIOCYTE; VALIDATION STUDY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 84860244641     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker405     Document Type: Article

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