Psoriatic arthritis imaging: a review of scoring methods
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Psoriatic arthritis imaging: a review of scoring methods.
Structural damage assessed on conventional radiographs is an important outcome measure in psoriatic arthritis. This article reviews the available scoring methods. A full description of the methods is given as well as information on various aspects of validity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.030809