Factors influencing concordance between clinical and ultrasound findings in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-252

  Le Boedec, Marion ^a   Sandrine, Jousse Joulin ^a   Ferlet, Jean François ^a   Marhadour, Thierry ^a   Chales, Gérard ^a   Grange, Laurent ^a   Cécile, Hacquard Bouder ^a   Loeuille, Damien ^a   Sellam, Jérémie ^a   Albert, Jean David ^a   Bentin, Jacques ^a   Isabelle, Chary Valckenaere ^a   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^a   Etchepare, Fabien ^a   Gaudin, Philippe ^a   Hudry, Christophe ^a   Dougados, Maxime ^a   Saraux, Alain ^b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b CHU   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL JOINT EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAS28; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84874817988     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120843     Document Type: Article

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