Scoring of radiographic progression in randomised clinical trials in ankylosing spondylitis: A preference for paired reading order

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1601-1604

  Wanders, A ^a   Landewe R ^a   Spoorenberg, A ^a   De Vlam, K ^b   Mielants, H ^b   Dougados, M ^c   Van Der Linden, S ^a   Van Der Heijde, D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Hôpital Cochin Paris ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHRONOLOGY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644281666     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.022038     Document Type: Article

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