Why not use OSRA? A comparison of Overall Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with ACR core set and other indices of disease activity in RA

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1709-1715

  Birrell, Fraser N ^a   Hassell, Andrew B ^b   Jones, Peter W ^c   Dawes, Peter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACR core set; Rheumatoid arthritis; SF 3 OSRA

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031759443     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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