Decreased cartilage thickness in juvenile idiopathic arthritis assessed by ultrasonography

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1596-1603

  Pradsgaard, Dan Østergaard ^a   Spannow, Anne Helene ^a   Heuck, Carsten ^a   Herlin, Troels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; WRIST;

CARTILAGE; JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84883359553     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.121077     Document Type: Article

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