Reliability testing of tendon disease using two different scanning methods in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1655-1661

  Bruyn, George A W ^a   Möller, Ingrid ^b   Garrido, Jesus ^c   Bong, David ^b   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^d   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^e   Karim, Zunaid ^f   Terslev, Lene ^g   Swen, Nanno ^h   Balint, Peter ⁱ   Baudoin, Paul ^a   Van Reesema, Dick Siewertsz ^j   Pineda, Carlos ^k   Wakefield, Richard J ^l   Naredo, Esperanza ^m  

^a MC Groep   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Poal de Reumatologia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^h Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

ⁱ National Institute of Rheumatology Budapest   (Hungary)

^j DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^k National Institute of Rehabilitation   (Mexico)

^l CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Adult rheumatology; Reliability testing; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tenosynovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; INTRATENDINOUS POWER DOPPLER SIGNAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERITENDINOUS POWER DOPPLER SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WRIST;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865319053     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes103     Document Type: Article

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