Longterm health outcomes and quality of life in American and Italian inception cohorts of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. I. Outcome status

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 945-951

  Ruperto, Nicolino ^a   Levinson, Joseph E ^b   Ravelli, Angelo ^c   Shear, Edith S ^e   Tague, Brian Link ^e   Murray, Kevin ^b   Martini, Alberto ^a   Giannini, Edward H ^b,d  

^a Clinica Pediatrica   (Italy)

^b William S Rowe Div of Rheumatology   (United States)

^c Aiuto Ospedaliero   (Italy)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LONGTERM HEALTH OUTCOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; AGE; CHILD; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030612583     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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