Weighting for joint surface area improves the information provided by a reduced 28-joint articular index of swollen joints

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-129

  Stucki, Gerold ^a   Sangha, Oliver ^a   Brühlmann, Pius ^a   Stucki, Susanne ^a   Michel, Beat A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Articular Index; Disease activity; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031897434     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097498440994     Document Type: Article

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