Assessing elementary lesions in gout by ultrasound: Results of an OMERACT patient-based agreement and reliability exercise

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2149-2154

  Terslev, Lene ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^b   Christensen, Robin ^c   Balint, Peter V ^d   Bruyn, George A ^e   Delle Sedie, Andrea ^f   Filippucci, Emilio ^b   Garrido, Jesus ^g   Hammer, Hilde B ^h   Iagnocco, Annamaria ⁱ   Kane, David ^j   Kaeley, Gurjit S ^k   Keen, Helen ^l   Mandl, Peter ^m   Naredo, Esperanza ⁿ   Pineda, Carlos ^o   Schicke, Bernd ^p   Thiele, Ralf ^q   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^r,s   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^t   Möller, Ingrid ^u   Bong, David ^u   Szkudlarek, Marcin ^u   De Miguel, Eugenio ^u   Sharp, Veronica ^u   Dejaco, Christian ^u   Kissin, Eugene ^u   Hanova, Petra ^u   Gandjbakhch, Frederique ^u   Freeston, Jane ^u   Koski, Juhani ^u   Swen, Nanno ^u   Epis, Oscar ^u   Aydin, Sibel ^u   Ravagnani, Viviana ^u   Reginato, Anthony ^u   Wakefield, Richard J ^u   more..

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^e MC Groep   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g Social Psychology and Methodology Department   (United States)

^h DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^j TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^l ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁿ HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^o National Institute of Rehabilitation   (Mexico)

^p TU Bergakademie Freiberg   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^r HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^s LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^t MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^u NONE

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Author keywords

Exercise; Gout; Omeract; Reliability; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CANAKINUMAB; COLCHICINE; FEBUXOSTAT; PREDNISOLONE; PROBENECID; URICOSURIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE CONTOUR; GOUT; HUMAN; INTRAOBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT AGGREGATE; KNEE DISEASE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOPHUS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; DELPHI STUDY; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; KNEE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URICOSURIC AGENTS;

EID: 84946555499     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.150366     Document Type: Article

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