Role of ultrasonography in diagnosing early rheumatoid arthritis and remission of rheumatoid arthritis - a systematic review of the literature

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ten Cate, David F ^a   Luime, Jolanda J ^a   Swen, Nanno ^b   Gerards, Andreas H ^c   De Jager, Mike H ^d   Basoski, Natalja M ^e   Hazes, Johanna M W ^a   Haagsma, Cees J ^f   Jacobs, Johannes W G ^g  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^c Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^f Hospital Group Twente   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRIST; X RAY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; REMISSION INDUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84871984524     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4132     Document Type: Article

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