Reliability of ultrasonography in detecting shoulder disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Bruyn, G A W; Naredo, E; Möller, I; Moragues, C; Garrido, J; de Bock, G H; d'Agostino, M-A; Filippucci, E; Iagnocco, A; Backhaus, M; Swen, W A A; Balint, P; Pineda, C; Milutinovic, S; Kane, D; Kaeley, G; Narvaez, F J; Wakefield, R J; Narvaez, J A; de Augustin, J; Schmidt, W A

Affiliation

Department of Rheumatology, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, 8934 AD Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. gawbruyn@wxs.nl

Issue Date

2009-03

MeSH

Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Bursitis
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Reproducibility of Results
Shoulder Joint
Synovitis
Tenosynovitis

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Reliability of ultrasonography in detecting shoulder disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 2009, 68 (3):357-61 Ann. Rheum. Dis.

Journal

Annals of the rheumatic diseases

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10147/254748

DOI

10.1136/ard.2008.089243

PubMed ID

18390570

Abstract

To assess the intra and interobserver reproducibility of musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) among rheumatologists in detecting destructive and inflammatory shoulder abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the overall agreement between US and MRI.

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Article

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ISSN

1468-2060

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