Validation of a novel radiographic scoring system for calcinosis affecting the hands of patients with systemic sclerosis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 425-430

  Chung, Lorinda ^a   Valenzuela, Antonia ^a   Fiorentino, David ^a   Stevens, Kathryn ^b   Li, Shufeng ^a   Harris, Jonathan ^c   Hutchinson, Charles ^d   Assassi, Shervin ^e   Beretta, Lorenzo ^f   Lakshminarayanan, Santhanam ^g   Rodriguez Reyna, Tatiana S ^h   Denton, Christopher P ⁱ   Taillefer, Rebecca G ^j   Herrick, Ariane L ^k   Baron, Murray ^l  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

ⁱ ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; HAND DISEASE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOLOGIST; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TIME; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

CALCINOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923292672     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22434     Document Type: Article

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