Rate of adjudication of radiological progression in rheumatoid arthritis randomized controlled trials depending on preset limits of agreement: A pooled analysis from 15 randomized trials

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1404-1407

  Navarro Compán, Victoria ^a   Landewé, Robert ^b,c   Ahmad, Harris A ^d   Miller, Colin G ^d   Xu, Dong ^d   Wolterbeek, Ron ^a   van der Heijde, Désirée ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d BioClinica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Radiographic outcome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADJUDICATION; RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRIALS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84880641172     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes398     Document Type: Article

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