Scoring with the berlin MRI method for assessment of spinal inflammatory activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A calibration exercise among rheumatologists

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 883-888

  Carmona, L ^a   Sellas, A ^b   Rodriguez Lozano C ^c   Juanola, X ^d   Garcia Llorente J F ^e   Fernandez Sueiro J L ^f   Linares, L F ^g   De Castro, M C ^h   Moreno, M ⁱ   Zarco, P ^j   Ariza, R ^k   Baraliakos, X ^l   De Miguel, E ^m  

^a Institute for Health   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^d Rheumatology Service   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^l RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Asspimri; Education; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Spondyloarthritis; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BERLIN SCORING SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84892463634     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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