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Definition and Reliability Assessment of Elementary Ultrasonographic Findings in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease: A Study by the OMERACT Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease Ultrasound Subtask Force.

  • Filippou G From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. gf.filippou@gmail.com.
  • Scirè CA From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Damjanov N From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Adinolfi A From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Carrara G From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Picerno V From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Toscano C From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Bruyn GA From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • D'Agostino MA From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Delle Sedie A From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Filippucci E From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Gutierrez M From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Micu M From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Möller I From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Naredo E From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Pineda C From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Porta F From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Schmidt WA From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Terslev L From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Vlad V From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Zufferey P From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Iagnocco A From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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  • 2017-03-03
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  • The Journal of rheumatology. - 2017
English OBJECTIVE
To define the ultrasonographic characteristics of calcium pyrophosphate crystal (CPP) deposits in joints and periarticular tissues and to evaluate the intra- and interobserver reliability of expert ultrasonographers in the assessment of CPP deposition disease (CPPD) according to the new definitions.


METHODS
After a systematic literature review, a Delphi survey was circulated among a group of expert ultrasonographers, who were members of the CPPD Ultrasound (US) Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) subtask force, to obtain definitions of the US characteristics of CPPD at the level of fibrocartilage (FC), hyaline cartilage (HC), tendon, and synovial fluid (SF). Subsequently, the reliability of US in assessing CPPD at knee and wrist levels according to the agreed definitions was tested in static images and in patients with CPPD. Cohen's κ was used for statistical analysis.


RESULTS
HC and FC of the knee yielded the highest interobserver κ values among all the structures examined, in both the Web-based (0.73 for HC and 0.58 for FC) and patient-based exercises (0.55 for the HC and 0.64 for the FC). Kappa values for the other structures were lower, ranging from 0.28 in tendons to 0.50 in SF in the static exercise and from 0.09 (proximal patellar tendon) to 0.27 (triangular FC of the wrist) in the patient-based exercise.


CONCLUSION
The new OMERACT definitions for the US identification of CPPD proved to be reliable at the level of the HC and FC of the knee. Further studies are needed to better define the US characteristics of CPPD and optimize the scanning technique in other anatomical sites.
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