Disability in patients with early inflammatory polyarthritis cannot be 'tracked' from year to year: An examination of the hypothesis underlying percentile reference charts

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 800-804

  Wiles, Nicola ^b   Barrett, Jennifer ^b   Barrett, Elizabeth ^b   Silman, Alan ^b   Symmons, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disability; Health Assessment Questionnaire; Percentile Curves; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JOINTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032950398     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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