Research ArticleOMERACT 10: 10th International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo - May 4–8, 2010

The OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force — Status and Perspectives

ESPERANZA NAREDO, RICHARD J. WAKEFIELD, ANNAMARIA IAGNOCCO, LENE TERSLEV, EMILIO FILIPPUCCI, FREDERIQUE GANDJBAKHCH, PHILIPPE AEGERTER, SIBEL AYDIN, MARINA BACKHAUS, PETER V. BALINT, GEORGE A.W. BRUYN, PAZ COLLADO, STEPHANIE FINZEL, JANE E. FREESTON, MARWIN GUTIERREZ, FREDERICK JOSHUA, SANDRINE JOUSSE-JOULIN, DAVID KANE, HELEN I. KEEN, INGRID MOLLER, PETER MANDL, SARAH OHRNDORF, CARLOS PINEDA, WOLFGANG A. SCHMIDT, MARCIN SZKUDLAREK, PHILIP G. CONAGHAN and MARIA-ANTONIETTA D’AGOSTINO
The Journal of Rheumatology September 2011, 38 (9) 2063-2067; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110425

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