Inter- and intra-observer agreement of high-resolution ultrasonography and power Doppler in assessment of joint inflammation and bone erosions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-177

  Chávez López, Mario Alfredo ^a   Hernández Díaz, Cristina ^b   Moya, Carlos ^c   Pineda, Carlos ^b   Ventura Ríos, Lucio ^d   Möller, Ingrid ^e   Naredo, Esperanza ^f   Espinosa, Rolando ^b   Peña, Angélica ^b   Rosas Cabral, Alejandro ^g   Filippucci, Emilio ^h  

^a Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

^c Hospital General de Zona 194 IMSS ^*

^d Instituto Poal   (Mexico)

^e Instituto Poal   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone erosions; Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POWER DOPPLER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL HYPERTROPHY; TENOSYNOVITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84872328346     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2297-9     Document Type: Article

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