Utilization and predictive value of laboratory tests in patients referred to rheumatologists by primary care physicians

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1980-1985

  Suarez Almazor, Maria E ^a,d   Gonzalez Lopez, Laura ^b   Gamez Nava, J Ivan ^b   Belseck, Elaine ^a   Kendall, Chris J ^c   Davis, Paul ^b  

^a Hlthcare Qual Outcomes Res Ctr

^b Department of Public Health Sciences ^*

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Primary care; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor antinuclear antibodies; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0031752328     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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