Ultrasound assessment of synovial pathologic features in rheumatoid arthritis using comprehensive multiplane images of the second metacarpophalangeal joint

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 523-532

  Ikeda, Kei ^a   Seto, Yohei ^b   Narita, Akihiro ^c   Kawakami, Atsushi ^d   Kawahito, Yutaka ^e   Ito, Hiromu ^f   Matsushita, Isao ^g   Ohno, Shigeru ^h   Nishida, Keiichiro ⁱ   Suzuki, Takeshi ^j   Kaneko, Atsushi ^k   Ogasawara, Michihiro ^l   Fukae, Jun ^c   Henmi, Mihoko ^c   Sumida, Takayuki ^m   Kamishima, Tamotsu ⁿ   Koike, Takao ^o  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^h YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^l JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

ⁿ HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TACROLIMUS; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRAARTICULAR SYNOVIUM; JOINT CAVITY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL PATHOLOGIC FEATURE; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; TENDON SHEATH; TENOSYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVIUM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84896265559     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.38280     Document Type: Article

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