title: How to read radiographs according to the Sharp/van der Heijde method.
abstract: This article is a short overview of the development of the Sharp/van der Heijde methods for scoring radiographs of hands and feet in rheumatoid arthritis, in addition to a detailed description on how to use the scoring method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Heijde
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods