Combined structural and synovial assessment for Improved ultrasound Discrimination of rheumatoid, osteoarthritic, and normal joints: A pilot study

Open Rheumatology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Kunkel, Gary A ^a   Cannon, Grant W ^a   Clegg, Daniel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scoring system; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMIQUANTITATIVE SYNOVIAL SCORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84865143498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901206010199     Document Type: Article

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