Validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness of a twelve‐joint simplified power doppler ultrasonographic assessment of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

Naredo, Esperanza; Vázquez Rodríguez, M.; Campos, Cristina; Manuel Rodríguez Heredia, José; A. Medina, Julio; Giner, Emilio; Martínez, Olga; Javier Toyos, Francisco; Ruíz, Teresa; Ros, Inmaculada; Pujol, Manuel; Miquel, Xavier; Colao García, L; Aznar, J.J.; Chamizo, Eugenio; Páez, Manuel; Morales, Pilar; Rueda, Amalia; Tuneu, Roser; Corominas, Hèctor; José de Agustín, Juan; Moragues, Carmen; Mínguez, Dolores; Willisch, A; Isabel González Cruz, María; Aragón, Angel; Iglesias, Gerardo; Alberto Gato Armas, Carlos; Pablo valdazo, Juan; Regla Vargas, Carmen; Calvo‐Alén, Jaime; Juan-Mas, Antonio; Salvador, Georgina; Puigdollers, Angels; Galíndez, E.; Garrido, Noemí; Salaberri, José; Raya, Enrique; Sallés, Meritxell; Díaz‐Torné, Cèsar; luis Cuadra, José; Garrido, Jesús; group of the spanish society of rheumatology, Ultrasound

doi:10.1002/art.23529

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Validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness of a twelve‐joint simplified power doppler ultrasonographic assessment of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

Published in Arthritis Care & Research • Mar 27, 2008

Authors:

Esperanza Naredo

M. Vázquez Rodríguez

Cristina Campos

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness of a simplified power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) assessment of joint inflammation compared with a comprehensive 44-joint PDUS assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who started therapy with a biologic agent. ME...

Subject

Synovitis

Medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

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