Ultrasonographic examination in juvenile idiopathic arthritis is better than clinical examination for identification of intraarticular disease

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3-

  Erik Nielsen, Hans ^a   Strandberg, Charlotte ^a   Andersen, Steen ^b   Kinnander, Christina ^a   Erichsen, Gunna ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b not available   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENOSYNOVITIS; ANKLE; FINGER JOINT; JOINT; KNEE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVITIS; TOE JOINT; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINTS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; TOE JOINT; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84899158418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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