Reliability of the novel 7-joint ultrasound score: Results from an inter- and intraobserver study performed by rheumatologists

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1238-1243

  Ohrndorf, S ^a   Fischer, I U ^b   Kellner, H ^c   Strunk, J ^d   Hartung, W ^e   Reiche, B ^a   Burmester, G R ^a   Walther, M ^f   Schmidt, W A ^f   Backhaus, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Biostatistik Tuebingen   (Germany)

^c Hospital Neuwittelsbach   (Germany)

^d Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein   (Germany)

^e Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach   (Germany)

^f MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 JOINT ULTRASOUND SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; INTRAOBSERVER RELIABILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864431641     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21679     Document Type: Article

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