EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 804-814

  Colebatch, Alexandra N ^a,b   Edwards, Christopher John ^a   Østergaard, Mikkel ^c   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^d   Balint, Peter V ^e   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^f   Forslind, Kristina ^g,h   Grassi, Walter ⁱ   Haavardsholm, Espen A ^j   Haugeberg, Glenn ^k   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^l   Landewé, Robert B M ^m   Naredo, Esperanza ⁿ   O'Connor, Philip J ^o   Ostendorf, Ben ^p   Potočki, Kristina ^q   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^r   Smolen, Josef S ^s   Sokolovic, Sekib ^t   Watt, Iain ^d   Conaghan, Philip G ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^f HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^g HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^j DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k Hospital of Southern Norway Kristiansand   (Norway)

^l AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^o LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^p HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^r MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^s MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^u UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877604413     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203158     Document Type: Article

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