The ability of synovitis to predict structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis: A comparative study between clinical examination and ultrasound

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 665-671

  Dougados, Maxime ^a   Devauchelle Pensec, Valérie ^b   Ferlet, Jean François ^c   Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ^b   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^d   Backhaus, Marina ^e   Bentin, Jacques ^f   Chalès, Gérard ^g   Chary Valckenaere, Isabelle ^h   Conaghan, Philip ⁱ   Wakefield, Richard J ⁱ   Etcheparre, Frédéric ^j   Gaudin, Philippe ^k   Grassi, Walter ^l   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^m   Mariette, Xavier ^h   Naredo, Esperanza ⁿ   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^o  

^a Groupe Hospitalier Cochin ^*  (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RCTs   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^h Meurthe et Moselle ^*  (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^m LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^o HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREY SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATASOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; WRIST; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84875939368     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201469     Document Type: Article

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