OMERACT Definitions for Ultrasonographic Pathologies and Elementary Lesions of Rheumatic Disorders 15 Years On

George A Bruyn1,2, Annamaria Iagnocco1,2, Esperanza Naredo1,2

  • 1From the Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep hospitals, Lelystad, the Netherlands; Academic Rheumatology Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin; Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, University of Ferrara; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna di Cona, Ferrara, Italy; Department of Rheumatology, Bone and Joint Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Rheumatology Department, Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain; Rheumatology Department, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany; Rheumatology Department, Cavale Blanche Hospital; Brest Occidentale University, Brest; Rheumatology Department, AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, INSERM U1173, Labex Inflamex, Université Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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